Teacher comments on grade-changing :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Education:
"As part of a Chicago Sun-Times/Chicago Teachers Union survey, teachers were given the option of adding 'brief comments about the issue of grade-changing.' Here are some responses:
'Grade-Changing:'
-- 'The principal wanted me to go back to IMPACT [the student information system] to falsify grades.'
-- 'I had students fail, yet they were passed! Who pays the price, next year's teacher and the student who is already frustrated.'
-- 'I was asked to change the grade of a student...[to] maintain their rank in the senior class.'
-- 'Grade changing is a problem. The pressure can come from the administration, dept. chair, parents and sometimes the students.'
-- 'It is certainly a pressing issue in CPS and is as big of an issue as attendance forgery.'
--- 'Every year it takes place w/ Gen. Ed. students!'
-- 'Every school is doing this.'"
"As part of a Chicago Sun-Times/Chicago Teachers Union survey, teachers were given the option of adding 'brief comments about the issue of grade-changing.' Here are some responses:
'Grade-Changing:'
-- 'The principal wanted me to go back to IMPACT [the student information system] to falsify grades.'
-- 'I had students fail, yet they were passed! Who pays the price, next year's teacher and the student who is already frustrated.'
-- 'I was asked to change the grade of a student...[to] maintain their rank in the senior class.'
-- 'Grade changing is a problem. The pressure can come from the administration, dept. chair, parents and sometimes the students.'
-- 'It is certainly a pressing issue in CPS and is as big of an issue as attendance forgery.'
--- 'Every year it takes place w/ Gen. Ed. students!'
-- 'Every school is doing this.'"