Whistleblower Claims Kansas City Public School Practice Low-End Grade Inflation

A conservative blog offers a glimpse at new policy that hopes to inspire students to keep trying but might serve to negatively impact their efforts overall.

Here's the sitch . . .

The goal seems to be to keep underperforming students’ grades artificially higher so improvements aren’t so daunting and students aren’t demoralized.

“Students will not receive a grade lower than 40% on attempted or missing assignments, assessments and activities,” the PowerPoint obtained by The Lion reads. “This adjustment will prevent students from having grade percentages that are so low, students are unable to improve their overall grade.”

The district also has adjusted its grading scale to correspond with the new 40% floor. The new scale changes from one where an “F = Lower than 60%” to one where an “F = 40% to 59%.”

From the whistleblower . . .

“Students just weren’t doing the work,” the employee told The Lion. “The district believes giving them ‘zeroes’ would be deflating. I feel they should get the grade they earn based on their merit. If they don’t do the work, they shouldn’t get the credit.

“We’re not teaching them true work ethic that translates to the real world if we’re telling them it’s OK to not turn in your work – or if they turn it in late and then still get to pass either way. In the real world, that wouldn’t fly. You’d lose your job!”

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Kansas City Public Schools sets lowest grading level at 40%, no longer allowing 'zeroes' - even when no work is turned in

(The Lion) -- Zeroes are no longer allowed to be given to students in Kansas City Public Schools. The lowest score possible now is 40%, even if the student never completes or turns in assigned work. ...

https://heartlandernews.com/2023/08/18/kansas-city-public-schools-sets-lowest-grading-level-at-40-no-longer-allowing-zeroes-even-when-no-work-is-turned-in/

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