“School Grades Enter the ‘Everyone-Gets-a-Trophy’ World”

(From intellectualtakeout.org): 

The Washington Post explains:

“Under a new policy in Virginia’s Fairfax County, one of the nation’s largest school systems, middle and high school students can earn no lower than a score of 50 if they make a ‘reasonable attempt’ to complete work. And for the first time this year, high school teachers who were going to fail a student had to reevaluate the student using ‘quality points,’ making an F less detrimental to a student’s final grade. Prince George’s County in Maryland will limit failing grades to a 50 percent minimum score when students show a ‘good-faith effort.’”  CONTINUE READING HERE