No, sorry, actually teachers have always done that occasionally. It’s just that now administrators are forcing it to be done in bulk.
The other thing is grade inflation. A D is passing, right? But many bosses pressure you to give your worst students Bs. And that has definitely gotten worse, too.
They made Federal funding for education based on the yearly standardized test scores, and graduation rates. One of those is much easier to fudge than the other.
I grew up in an era when they didn’t pass kids to get rid of them. This is why I had a friend in the 8th grade who had two kids.
No, sorry, actually teachers have always done that occasionally. It’s just that now administrators are forcing it to be done in bulk.
The other thing is grade inflation. A D is passing, right? But many bosses pressure you to give your worst students Bs. And that has definitely gotten worse, too.
They made Federal funding for education based on the yearly standardized test scores, and graduation rates. One of those is much easier to fudge than the other.