SK> CB>  -> *1   FAILING GRADES:  GETS TEACHER OUSTED
SK> CB>  ->    Shehrever Masters, a Toledo, Ohio, high school science
SK> CB>  -> teacher was fired because he failed too many students
SK> 
SK> I posted the article, even though it is not very detailed. Certainly
SK> there is not enough info for us to decide whether this particular 
SK> teacher
SK> was doing his job properly or not. 
    We agree.
    One thing I'd like to know is if any other teacher in his district at his 
grade level has been fired for similar reasons in the past five years.
SK> the willies every time I hear about a teacher being dismissed for
SK> giving out "too may" low grades. I think the guy (Mr. Masters) is 
SK> right
SK> that grading teachers by the grades they give their students is
SK> ridiculous, and that it would cause teachers to give inflated grades.
    Agreed.
    But I'd like to see how the kids in Masters' classes did on standardized 
subject-area tests (as compared to kids in other sections in the same 
school).  
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