https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-03-04/new-california-standardized-test-score-descriptions-seek-positivity
New test score labels seek positivity, ditching the term 'standard not met' for 'below basic'
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isn't below basic already the nice way of rebranding "terrible"
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Anyone that's not ESL would think below basic is worse than standard not met.
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yeah but at that point why not just start the worst grade at "exceptional achievement" then "exceptional achievement+", "exceptional achievement++" etc
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Just copy Minor League !Baseball.
Triple-A =
Double-A =
High-A =
Single-A =
Rookie =
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They should do a study and see what happens when grades are A B C and then "total fricking r-slur".
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Technically true.
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It's the nice way of calling someone r-slurred
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