gmtom comments on We're not allowed to fail them, the lowest they can get is a 53. | Notes from your kid's teacher.

We're not allowed to fail them, the lowest they can get is a 53. | Notes from your kid's teacher. (thelemmy.club)

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[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (3 children)

The whole idea of the American education system of teachers grading their own students and essentially being able to just arbitrarily decide passes or fails is completely wild.

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[–] Sasquatch@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Wait, who should be grading the students?

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[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

In the UK at least, students take a standardised exam, then the papers are collected and taken to other part of the country and teachers mark them blindly

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[–] Krankenwagen@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

I assume he means it should be based on a rubric or some other marking scheme rather than something more subjective that can be arbitrarily shifted to meet quotas.

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