san francisco wanted to make sure that their minorities could be getting jobs so they graded on a race curve and nothing could go wrong i'm certain they had in mind, but the public wasn't impressed.

 

The San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) did an about-face Wednesday on a proposed “equity” grading program after news of the proposal generated significant backlash from both parents and prominent Democrats.

SFUSD Superintendent Maria Su presented her proposal, which would have piloted equity grading in high schools, to the school board Tuesday evening. After that, according to Newsweek, the board was scheduled to vote on a $172,000 contract with Joe Feldman, author of the book Grading for Equity, to train teachers in his grading methods.

Faking the Grade

Before Su could make her proposal, a concerned school-board member leaked the meeting agenda to The Voice of San Francisco, which published a scathing article about the plan. John Trasviña, an attorney who served in the Clinton, Obama, and Biden administrations, wrote:

Grading for Equity eliminates homework or weekly tests from being counted in a student’s final semester grade. All that matters is how the student scores on a final examination, which can be taken multiple times. Students can be late turning in an assignment or showing up to class or not showing up at all without it affecting their academic grade. Currently, a student needs a 90 for an A and at least 61 for a D. Under the San Leandro Unified School District’s grading for equity system touted by the San Francisco Unified School District and its consultant, a student with a score as low as 80 can attain an A and as low as 21 can pass with a D...........more.......