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In response to "How do you get a kid to do anything? 50 or 0 is still failing. They're coupling it with a stronger criteria for passing a grade level vs the current" by oblique

But if I get half credit for doing nothing....I only need to have a 70% on another assignment to get back to passing.

Posted by Will Hunting (aka Joemetz) May 20 '15, 06:45

So, I did only half the work, and accomplised 70% of doing that correctly but I pass.

That's deeply flawed.

No work = Zero. That's simple. Anything else is trying to game a system; it's just a matter of figuring out what is being gamed.

I'd imagine schol funding is based on grades and advancement so in my simple example, I just jumped 25% by this alteration.

It seems like an anti-solution in search of a lower standard.

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In the example of 2 data points, yes, but take 10 and missing one the assignments and 70% on the others - oblique May 20, 06:51 2
- 1 missing, 9 75% - oblique May 20, 06:54
- sorry, I mistyped above but I think it illustrates the point if you use something other than the straight 70 - oblique May 20, 06:53

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But if I get half credit for doing nothing....I only need to have a 70% on another assignment to get back to passing.

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