​Schoolhouse Limbo: How Low Will Educators Go To ‘Better’ Grades? – Tyler Durden

Schoolhouse Limbo: How Low Will Educators Go To ‘Better’ Grades? Authored by Vince Bielski via RealClearEducation, Maryland’s new education chief, Carey Wright, an old-school champion of rigorous standards, is pushing back against efforts in other states to boost test scores by essentially lowering their expectations of students. States, including Oklahoma and Wisconsin, are making it easier for students to demonstrate on annual assessments that they are proficient in math and English after a decade of declining test scores nationwide. By redesigning the assessments and lowering the so-called “cut scores” that separate achievement levels such as basic, proficient, and advanced, several…  — Continue at ZeroHedge News : Read More