The principal at West Potomac High School has reversed an earlier decision to allow teachers to decide whether a student accused of cheating should be allowed to retake a test instead of getting a zero.
In a memo dated Nov. 18, Principal Cliff Hardison wrote:
As I've talked with teachers, parents and students about the recent publicity surrounding our grading practices, it has become clear to me that we do not have consensus within the faculty, the student body, or the parents at West Potomac to change our grading practices from prior years. ...I have not nor will I ever tolerate cheating. West Potomac will completely return to its Unified school discipline policy where students receive forfeiture of credit for incidents of cheating or plagiarism.
Hardison previously said he had made the policy change allowing students to retake tests because he believed cheating should be considered a disciplinary problem and not an academic issue.
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4 comments:
As they should. Cheating is one of those "crimes" that is both academic and disciplinary in nature. What are they teaching these kids when they get into college?
As a former teacher (now retired), I am pleased that the school has returned to the former policy. It is, indeed, an academic issue. Why give someone a second chance when he knew that it was wrong to cheat. As 8:52 asks, "What are they teaching these kids when they get into college? [if they're permitted to retake a test on which they cheated].
Why put more stress on the teacher to have to create another test to accomodate a cheater? Give 'em a 0 and chalk it up as a lesson learned for the offender.
This is unbelievable. Are they gonna cheat their way through life too? What ever happened to the sense of accomplishment.
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