@ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world
Post #1501231
2026-03-13 03:33 UTC
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 2026-03-13 04:10
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.
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@fodor@lemmy.zip 2026-03-13 05:56
No, sorry, actually teachers have always done that occasionally. It’s just that now administrators are forcing it to be done in bulk. The other thing is grade inflation. A D is passing, right? But many bosses pressure you to give your worst students Bs. And that has definitely gotten worse, too.