Los Angeles Public Schools Are Increasingly Passing Students Who Don’t Meet Grade-Level Standards

The issue is the result of a districtwide policy of de facto grade inflation.

The widening gap between grades and actual academic performance shows the perils of letting concern for “equity” drive educational policy. In a quest to pass more disadvantaged students, Los Angeles public schools may in fact be failing them.

https://reason.com/2023/01/11/los-angles-public-schools-are-increasingly-passing-students-who-dont-meet-grade-level-standards/