As standardized student test scores plunge, some school districts are responding by masking student knowledge deficiencies through equity grading, which is little more than grade inflation dressed up in woke clothing.
There is little doubt that student learning across the country is at a dire level.
On the 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress, 69% of students taking the eighth grade reading test failed to achieve at the proficient level, while 73% of eighth graders failed to score at the proficient mark on the math exam.
Equity grading is just grade inflation dressed in woke clothing
Lance Izumi
As standardized student test scores plunge, some school districts are responding by masking student knowledge deficiencies through equity grading, which is little more than grade inflation dressed up in woke clothing.
There is little doubt that student learning across the country is at a dire level.
On the 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress, 69% of students taking the eighth grade reading test failed to achieve at the proficient level, while 73% of eighth graders failed to score at the proficient mark on the math exam.
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