Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Oh FFS

Detroit News: "Gov. Whitmer signs bill to end A-F grades for schools' performance."

This is for school assessments, not students: "Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a bill Monday to toss out the Republican-backed A-F letter grade system for evaluating Michigan schools, saying the policy amounted to "burdensome requirements."

This immediately reminded me of this scene in "Fresh off the Boat" where a teacher is explaining the American grading system:

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Michigan already had, and will still have a school ranking system for parents.

ABCDF was such a great policy that the previous Republican Governor Rick Snyder signed it into law in the last hours of his second term, as he was heading out the door.