Entries Tagged as ‘Grading Policies’

October 20, 2008

Phila. School District Must Drop Minimum-50 Grading Policy

by Christopher Paslay
 
A zero should not equal a 50.  But in the Philadelphia School District, that’s exactly what a student receives when he or she fails to do a single ounce of work: a 50.
 
Although most of my students are hard workers and turn in quality work, there are always a handful of kids who [...]