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Making grades meaningless so that everyone advances is doing a disservice to kids' education. (media.piefed.world)

submitted 8 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I grew up in an era when they didn't pass kids to get rid of them. This is why I had a friend in the 8th grade who had two kids.

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[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

They made Federal funding for education based on the yearly standardized test scores, and graduation rates. One of those is much easier to fudge than the other.