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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No reason to have a super F
PP, an F is an F is an F
50% is an F
50%, however, allows for the *slight* hope, that if they try, they can might raise it to a D

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You sound like our new wave of administrators. An F is an F they say, which is why they want us to give 50% if students do not turn in anything. The problem is that passing is considered 60%. That’s not much higher than a 50. When you do the math on some of these classes you realize students didn’t turn in most assignments and earned 50, then did ok but not great on a couple of assessments or projects after retakes and were able to recover the credit with an overall grade of 60%. They get moved to the next course with very little understanding of the content. We see this all of the time in secondary math classes and are told to remediate, when in reality students have learned they can pass with doing almost nothing. It’s difficult when they don’t try and don’t have the skills they need to be successful in the next class. [/quote]

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