Portland schools’ new ‘equitable’ grading will fail kids who need help

[Kamaji]

Portland schools’ new ‘equitable’ grading will fail kids who need help

By Rikki Schlott
Published Sep. 15, 2023

Portland, Oregon, public schools are looking to introduce “equitable” grading practices — and erasing excellence in the process.

The troubled progressive city’s school district is toying with proposals to make grades more even across the board by no longer flunking underperformers and increasing the value of “non-academic factors” in the grading process.

Among the new guidelines: no more zeroes, no more 100-point scale, no more points docked for late work and no more grade penalties for kids who cheat.

According to a memo from the district, the changes were inspired by concern over racial disparities in grades.

The district’s Chief Academic Officer Kimberlee Armstrong told KGW8 News that the changes are “about fairness,”

“It’s about reducing bias, it’s about considering diverse backgrounds and needs of students,” she said.

But where’s the fairness in letting cheaters and slackers coast by?

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/09/15/portland-schools-equitable-grades-will-fail-kids-who-need-help/

[Kamaji]

These people are so intensely stupid, it hurts just to read about it.

[mountaineer]

“It’s about reducing bias, it’s about considering diverse backgrounds and needs of students,” she said.

Rather, it's the implicit bias progressives hold against people of color. They wouldn't take this step if they didn't believe black kids were inferior and incapable.

[Kamaji]

Rather, it's the implicit bias progressives hold against people of color. They wouldn't take this step if they didn't believe black kids were inferior and incapable.

Exactly.

[LMAO]

People pushing this garbage would never tolerate this when it comes to their own kids

Why do you think they enroll their kids in private schools?

[PeteS in CA]

These people are so intensely stupid, it hurts just to read about it.

What hurts me is that I know that the kids who do not get necessary feedback will think they're just fine, until they find that getting and holding a decent job requires Reading and Math, and other academic skills. This no-feedback BS (i.e. no grades that tell you where you need to improve) is destroying people's futures.

[Kamaji]

What hurts me is that I know that the kids who do not get necessary feedback will think they're just fine, until they find that getting and holding a decent job requires Reading and Math, and other academic skills. This no-feedback BS (i.e. no grades that tell you where you need to improve) is destroying people's futures.

That too.