Research abstract

Lowering Standards

Teachers are becoming more lenient on students and getting a good grade does not take much anymore.

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Lowering the grading standards can have detrimental effects on students, who are supposed to be helped by tests. The year 2020 will be one where many awful changes have been made and one of them is giving an easy passing grade to people who might not deserve it. If you give a good grade to someone that did not do a great job, then you stop them from trying to reach a higher level with their work.

Key takeaways

  1. The coronavirus means that many schools are being lenient with grades.
  2. One study shows that having harsher grading standards led to students learning better.
  3. Grading leniently now may be a problem for these students in the future.

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