US schools shift towards no-zero grading policies
The policies have stirred debates about the purpose of academic grades
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SCHOOL districts in the Washington, DC, area and across the country are adopting grading practices that make it more difficult for students to flunk classes, giving students opportunities to retake exams or turn in late work and discouraging or prohibiting teachers from giving out zeroes.
The policies have stirred debates about the purpose of academic grades and whether they should be used to punish, motivate or purely represent what students have learned in class. Some regard it as the latest in a line of ideas intended to keep students progressing through school and heading towards graduation, akin in some ways to practices like social promotion.
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