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

submitted 4 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I thought about that too, but I would imagine a LOT of students would've had to be held back to make this kind of impact on the state average. I would bet that the pressure it applied to students, schools, and parents did most of the heavy lifting.

[–] FaygoRedPop@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

I used to be a teacher. In my state, before COVID, 3rd grade is the grade that you don't pass if you don't hit certain criteria for literacy. After COVID, they didn't hold anyone back due to an emergency executive order from the Guvnah. Pretty much all the teachers I worked with hated it and believed that holding kids back was beneficial to all.