Sunday, October 21, 2012

Can the cans

The new FWCS high school grading system has been rolled out as described in a lengthy article on the front page of the Sunday JG. An appropriate summary would be "Much ado about nothing." Well, OK, it will have an impact on can drives..

According to Faye Robbins-Williams they wanted to address inconsistencies such as students who were getting F's in all their classes passing the standardized tests with flying colors. What a ridiculous statement. Absolutely backwards. But it does point out again that high school grades mean nothing. With any grading system teachers will still have to find a way to pass 50% of an algebra class when only 20% can pass the ECA.

The problem with the high schools is the elementary schools and middle schools that feed them. A high school grading system will do nothing to fix that.

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

I thought the same thing. Who is getting F's and passing the tests, leave alone with flying colors? I must have missed that memo lol. It still remains a mystery

Code Blue Schools said...

And the new behavior code will keep disruptive students in class and "learning". Teachers must be welcoming that too.

Anonymous said...

What this new grading scale will do is make sure that the failure of FWCS students is greatly reduced. With these reductions will come arguments from downtown that FWCS can afford to reduce its teaching staff because the vast majority of students needing to retake classes will no longer need to do so. Lost teaching jobs equal more money to hire more people to work downtown. Thanks Wendy.

Anonymous said...

I heard their grant writer for their new government grant was paid $175.00 an hour to write it. And, it took approximately 80-100 hours to write it. Hmmm....

Code Blue Schools said...

Even if they now "pass" their classes, they won't do any better on standardized tests. Which is the reason we have standardized tests. But I don't see much sense in all the repeat classes either, especially when they're dumbed down from the regular version. Just give them their passing grade and their useless diploma and get them out the door.

Anybody want some canned tomato soup?

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