If kids fail in school in your country, do they get passed anyway to avoid hurting their feelings?
>Montgomery County’s failure rate for the June final exam in Algebra 1 was so steep — 82 percent for high school students — that district officials say they decided to add 15 percentage points to all test grades, recalculate scores and reprint thousands of report cards.
>https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/steep-rates-of-failure-on-algebra-exams-in-montgomery-lead-to-mass-recalculation/2014/06/28/f75eeaf2-fe4c-11e3-932c-0a55b81f48ce_story.html
Was the test extremely hard or why?
>>52076004
5x+10=15+5
solve for x
(y-10)=2(x-5)
what is the value of y at x=5
y=x
what is the slope
Also
>http://silverchips.mbhs.edu/story/12121
>MCPS policy requires teachers to give a minimum grade of 50% to students on assessments if they have tried, and also gives students an opportunity to reassess it
>>52075896
>Montgomery county, Maryland
I literally live there and go to school there.
It's 11% white, and a terrible place to be.
Literally Johannesburg tier.
>>http://silverchips.mbhs.edu/story/12121
>>MCPS policy requires teachers to give a minimum grade of 50% to students on assessments if they have tried, and also gives students an opportunity to reassess it
>>52076429
Can confirm.
You receive 50% for not attempting the assignment, and almost everything is infinitely re assessable. If kids fail they make it easier to succeed
>>52079588
>It's 11% white, and a terrible place to be.
62.6% White (47.0% Non-Hispanic White)
18.6% Black
14.9% Asian
0.7% Native American
0.1% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
3.1% Two or more races
In addition, 18.3% were Hispanic or Latino, of any race
>>52079588
>Literally Johannesburg tier.
I think Johannesburg is better
>>52081358
Their life expectancy is 50 years.
>>52076429
>MCPS policy requires teachers to give a minimum grade of 50% to students on assessments if they have tried,
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
>>52075896
>>52079588
The article never says Maryland, and there are 18 states with a Montgomery County. This is just as bad as when people in San Francisco say "the bay area" like there's only one bay in the world.
>>52082134
It's on the graphic, mention on the previous articles linked to, and you could have easily googled the superintendent's name.
>https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/three-out-of-four-high-schoolers-failed-algebra-1-final-exams-in-md-district/2015/07/22/d4ab97d0-2b0f-11e5-bd33-395c05608059_story.html
>>52081549
No longer the case.
>>52082390
I'm not saying I couldn't figure it out, just that the person who wrote the article should put some more effort into being unambiguous. Lazy journalism seems to be getting more popular lately.
>>52075896
fucking lol
although to be honest we probably do something like that too in really shitty areas
>>52081358
I don't think anythin in the U.S. is close to Johannesberg tier. Not even Detroit is this bad.
>>52076429
>5x+10=15+5
5x+10-10=15+5-10
5x=10
(5x)/5=10/5
x=2
>y-10=2x+5
if x=5, 2x=(2*5)=10
y-10=10+5
y-10+10=10+5+10
y=25
Oh, I do private lessons, therefore if kids fail, I earn money