After reading the article on Strong, that doesn't surprise me. Students are coddled too much in our high schools today, and it's not the fault of teachers and schools, but parents combined with the State and the Feds. Students begin to feel bullet proof. Why study for a test when you are allowed to retest if you fail? Homework? No problem. If you don't pass an assignment, in some districts, you are allowed to correct it!
All of this gives an entirely different meaning to "failure is not an option", and it's leaving students entirely unprepared for college! Complete bullshit.
They think you are bs'ing when you tell them that in college, the grade they earn when they submit an assignment or exam stands. If you think teachers are fairly compensated, imagine grading many tests twice, as well as, tracking the time it takes to grade the first round, return the tests, then allowing the little darlings the requisite time to 'correct' them, then grading again! Students actually think school is more difficult now. They are in for such a rude awakening, and so are their parents.
It is a blessing when a parent says, 'my child will get the grade earned on the first assessment'. "I want him/her prepared for the next level."
Hook 'em! Only the best.
