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Originally Posted by Rausch
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I am not a fan of "everyone gets a trophy" mentality. It is only setting kids up to fail when they get to adulthood.
I have been to going to all of the school board meetings recently in this area. There have been a lot of students talking to their parents about the new testing methods that have been implemented. My child started not being as attentive to his school work, in talking to him about it I found out that if a student fails a test they are allowed to retake it up to 3 times. If the students answers the questions the same on 2 of the 3 exams then they will be given a 70% and passed. The student still doesn't know the information but according to the school board they have been given a directive that no students should be failed and left behind.
I cannot set my child up for failure in the manner that these people are asking parents to do. It is now causing a dramatic drop in overall scores due to this policy.