(this article from OregonWatchdog.com)
What do schools do when your middle schools are among the worst in nation?
They hide the problem.
Oregon middle school (8th) scores ranked 38th in math and 31st in reading.
Now, Portland Middle Schools wish to throw away long-standing A-F grades to obscure the problem. In replace of grade they plan to implement “assessments”, so teachers will provide Yelp-like reviews to children. Like Yelp you get a review, but unlike Yelp you will not see any 5-star rating. This un-rated (all verbiage review) scheme takes the clarity out of grading. It promotes pushing failing students into the next level where they will just fail even more. It also is a bureaucratic burden to teachers.
This is coming from an Oregon school system that has one of the shortest school years in America.
By Taxpayers Association of Oregon
OregonWatchdog.com
This school system is brought to you by a 14 year Democrat majority in the legislature, and the teachers union, with help from the most corrupt voting roles in the nation.
What a shame!