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Commentary: Grades- Achievement, Attendance, Or Attitude, Anne Dupre, John Dayton
Commentary: Grades- Achievement, Attendance, Or Attitude, Anne Dupre, John Dayton
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This article addresses the impact that grades can have on the lives of students and discusses what grades actually represent in terms of student achievement. It also addresses disputes involving grading policies that allowed non-academic factors in decisions on grades or academic credit. The article includes a brief summary of the history and legal theories related to grading challenges and then provides a review of the relevant case law including Board of Curators of the University of Missouri v. Horowitz, Barnard v. Inhabitants of Shelburne, Tinker v. Des Moines, Goss v. Lopez, Knight v. Board of education, Gutierrez v. School …