Are Schools Inflating Grades?
Marks from teachers, test scores vary widely
Some metro Atlanta high schools routinely award stellar grades to students who can’t pass standardized tests in the subject, leaving them potentially unprepared for college, a state study has found.
The results could mean teachers are either handing out good marks too easily or not teaching the state curriculum well, experts say.
The study released last week found the End of Course Tests were generally much harder for high school ...
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It's remarkable that the state school superintendent would have no comment on this. Did the report come out that late on Friday afternoon? Didn't the academics give the state a heads-up about what was coming?