New Jersey District Declares No D-Grades Policy A Success

The AP (11/29) reports that a "New Jersey school district that eliminated the 'D' grade for students says the change has been a success. The new policy in Mount Olive took effect in September" and it "raised the failure score to anything under a 70 instead of 65." According to the AP, "some school officials and teachers say it's too early to declare the policy a success" noting that "the new policy allows students to retake exams and redo assignments after initial failing grades, often bringing up their scores." The Toronto Star (11/26, Taylor) reported that this year the overall "number of failing students fell to 718 from 1,360 in the first semester of 2009."