Portland schools mull banning zeroes for cheating and not doing work: 'Bigotry of low expectations'

[Leroy N. Soetoro]

https://www.foxnews.com/media/portland-schools-mull-banning-zeroes-
cheating-work-bigotry-low-expectations

Students in Portland, Oregon may soon be able to get away with cheating
and not doing assignments, if Portland Public Schools implements new
"equitable grading practices."

If adopted, the new practices will bring various changes such as new
grading structures, not grading homework, not giving students failing
grades for not completing their work or cheating, and not grading for
"non-academic factors" such as behavior, participation, and effort.

"Not giving a student a zero when his or her work earned such a low mark
actually harms that child," Jonathan Butcher, an education fellow at the
Heritage Foundation told Fox News. "You hurt a student when you pass them
on from one grade to another without asking that student to show that they
can complete the work he or she is assigned."

The initiative springs from grading practices implemented by some of the
district’s schools during the COVID-19 pandemic that accommodated for
"inequalities in access to curriculum and instruction," according to a
handout first reported on by the Washington Free Beacon.

The handout says the initiative’s goal is to standardize practices
district-wide after the non-unified implementation "led to a mosaic of
grading practices across schools and across the district that is confusing
to students and families."

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‘EQUITABLE SYSTEM’

"Given the dismal scores in reading and math on national comparisons after
the pandemic, it is sad that a school district would exercise the soft
bigotry of low expectations," Butcher said. "The district’s approach will
harm students for life by not holding them responsible for their behavior
and decisions."

The equitable grading practices are currently being workshopped and are
expected to be implemented in the district by 2025, according to the
Washington Free Beacon.

The hangout states that the focus for students should be for
demonstrations of proficiency instead of rewarding students for "playing
the school game."

TEACHERS WEIGH IN ON GRADING POLICIES, DEBATE ‘NO-ZERO’ TREND: ‘PATENTLY
IDIOTIC IDEA’

The handout draws its framework from Joe Feldman's book "Grading for
Equity," including guidance such as: not giving students zeros, adopting a
0-4 scale instead of a traditional 0-100 scale, giving greater weight to
recent performances, not including group work for grades, allowing
retakes, developing rubrics, and more.

Under the framework, grades should be based on valid evidence and
knowledge, "not on evidence that is likely to be influenced by a teacher’s
implicit bias or reflect a student’s environment."

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The "bias-resident" practices it lists to be implemented include using
summative assessments, not grading homework or including it as part of a
final grade, not penalizing late work, not offering extra credit,
excluding attendance, effort, attitude or behavior in grade calculations,
and providing alternative consequences for cheating rather than assigning
zeroes.

The goals of the plan include determining what practices are already
implemented across various schools, defining what the equitable grading
practices will be, creating a road map for professional development for
staff, implementing the practices in high school and middle schools and
more.

Butcher said the document "uses catchphrases from the woke lexicon" such
as "implicit bias" and "culturally affirming." He added that such terms
are "hard to define and are not supported by research as effective
practices."

Portland Public Schools did not immediately respond to a request for
comment.


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