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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Anonymous wrote:
Is anyone else bothered by Jennifer Webster's quote by the post that attendance doesn't matter as long as the grade is good? Her example was if a child can go to class 40% of the time and earn a B.

As a parent, I wonder the value of the classroom instruction if a child can be absent 60% of the time and earn a B. Is the material challenging enough or is the problem children are skating through without merrit? Or both problems?

It's scary that Central Office staff doesn’t view the attendance numbers as a problem or something that needs addressing.

I'm actually mixed on this. Colleges don't care if you show up as long as you can do the material

I'm more concerned with students that are being socially promoted and pushed through when they clearly don't even come close to mastery of the subject matter[/quote]

In college it depends on the class. Most of the freshman classes with the third day being a lab or seminar/discussion group care of your skip. Smaller seminar classes will fail you and upper level science classes will fail you for non-attendance. The norm is usually 3 unexcused absences equal a 10% grade drop and then it drops off fast. For the classes that don't require attendance, the papers and exams are rigorous. The professor isn't getting pressured to give you a 69% because you spelled your name right and the school administrator wants to count you in their graduation numbers.

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