Schools from all over the country all have different standards for their students. The reason behind this is to benefit the school as a whole. Unfortunately, I did not go to a school with very high standards. They had to cut several programs at the school because of funding. The budget cuts were because we didn’t have enough passing students. This continued the downfall of the education program at my school. Shortly after this issue, the administration came up with what they thought was a reasonable solution. They thought it would be smart minimize standards and strictly make every class focus on standardized testing. This slightly fixed the problem, but it caused many more issues. These issues consisted of students being corrupted of class time, valuable information and a reputable school to put on college applications. …show more content…
classes were robbed of valuable class time. This is because even though we had all passed the standardized tests we still had to review the information repeatedly every year because of those who didn’t pass the test. This meant it had to be practiced during a core class. We lost cherished class time to prepare for the A.P. test. My teacher made my class cram certain lessons because of the time we lost. From there, funding also came from how many students passed with enough credits each school year and attendance.
To give an incentive to students to come to school they essentially made the teachers pass the students who showed up to class even if they didn’t do their work. The lowest grade you could get each quarter was a 50 percent even if you didn’t do any work. The last quarter was the only quarter you could get a 0. Not only did they make passing easy for students, they also lowered the school’s class failing average from a 65 percent to a 60 percent. This raised a red flag to anyone who was looking at our school