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  2. Academic grading in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The top grade, A, is given here for performance that exceeds the mean by more than 1.5 standard deviations, a B for performance between 0.5 and 1.5 standard deviations above the mean, and so on. Regardless of the absolute performance of the students, the best score in the group receives a top grade and the worst score receives a failing grade.

  3. Grade retention - Wikipedia

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    Grade retention. Grade retention or grade repetition is the process of a student repeating a grade after failing the previous year. In the United States of America, grade retention can be used in kindergarten through to eleventh grade; however, students in high school are usually only retained in the specific failed subject.

  4. 'Equity' Grading Is the Latest Educational Fad Destined To Fail

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    EG offers students "multiple chances to make up missed or failed assignments and minimize homework's impact on a student's grade." Now it will be almost impossible to get an A or an F.

  5. No Child Left Behind Act - Wikipedia

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    Schools that do not meet AYP are required to offer their students' parents the opportunity to transfer their students to a non-failing school within the district, but it is not required that the other school accepts the student. NCLB controls the portion of federal Title I funding based upon each school meeting annual set standards.

  6. Sex education in America gets a failing grade, according to ...

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    Because while parents may agree on the need to teach adolescents about safe abstinence alternatives, the common ground often ends there — especially when it comes to calls for LGBTQ inclusion ...

  7. Harvard among more than a dozen schools to receive failing ...

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    The Anti-Defamation League gave Harvard University and 12 other schools a failing grade for policies to protect Jewish students from antisemitism on campus.

  8. Academic grading in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Most national universities employ a 4-scale grading system (only with A, B, C and F). Below-average students are given an F, and are encouraged to retake the same subject (s) in the following semesters. GPA is a simple numerical representation of college results in Japan. As of 2014, 497 Japanese universities use this system.

  9. Fix problems sending AOL Mail - AOL Help

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    If your Mail settings don't have Rich Text or HTML enabled, you could have problems with viewing images in forwarded emails. These settings can be enabled from the Mail Settings page. Send image as an attachment: If you've sent an image in an email, but your recipient didn't receive it there may have been a problem with the way the file was sent.