Grade Inflation is a significant problem in education

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Article: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/04/opinion/teachers-grades-students-parents.html

Grade Inflation is a significant problem in education

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Failing students is detremental to their mental health and self-esteem

Students who fail classes may feel that they are less intelligent and worth less than their peers who do

Most students who fail did so because they did not care about passing

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Minimum grade policies are beneficial

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They allow students to recover their grades if they put in effort

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Only minimal effort is required to go from a 50 to a 60 to pass, this does not demonstrate that the material was learned

Passing underperforming students is detrimental to those students

Students who continue on to higher education without being prepared are not equipped to do well

Both two and four year colleges are spending more resources on remedial education in recent years

The school system does not allow teachers to give the grades students deserve

These policies are widespread enough to have a significant impact

Graduation rates have increased despite increased absenteeism

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Some schools have a 50% policy where the lowest grade a student can earn is a 50

Failing students is harder than passing them

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Parents can fight teachers to keep their kids from failing classes

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Some surveyed teachers reported passing underperforming students to avoid dealing with the consequences

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