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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Those rules are offensive to students who actually prioritize their schoolwork. [/quote]

Only if you think the entire point of school is to rank students.

If you think it’s to get the most kids possible a basic level of knowledge so they can be productive members of society, it’s not.[/quote]

Another part of school is learning to be a productive citizen who not only has a basic level of knowledge but also has a work ethic,  knows how to meet expectations, handle deadlines, etc.  A basic level of functioning.

Ranking students is a way to bring in people's natural competitiveness in order to help them learn these skills, it's not the end goal.  [/quote]

This. Plus, like it or not, ranking matters for colleges. So yeah, if some slacker or disinterested kid has a shot at the same schools as a kid who actually did the work and didt have to do constant retakes- not ok. [/quote]

The idea that giving a high F on an assignment instead of a low F is going to make Lazy Larlo into your kid's competition is nonsense.[/quote]

It’s not about high F v low F. It’s about kids who would normally earn a D or a C earning B’s even though they have a significant number of missing assignments due to those missing assignments being marked as 50% instead of zero. It inflates the grades A LOT.[/quote]

It shouldn't inflate the grade because along with the 50% policy is the policy that assessments should make up the majority of the overall grade.  I am a math teacher... my classwork/homework assignments are worth 10% of the grade, and my tests/quizzes are worth 90% of the grade.  We are moving away from fluffing up the grade with "participation" and "homework" and moving toward mastery of the material as the determinant of the grade.  [/quote]

Further, a bunch of 50s is NOT going to push a C into a B or an A. And stop worrying about making kids compete against each other. It is gross and not at all the point of education. Worry about your own kid.[/quote]

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