Many school districts across the state and the nation have adopted “No Zero” grading policies. According to an article on Edutopia.com, the rationale for the decision to disallow zeros on assignments is to make it more difficult for students to fail because they will have more opportunities to make up work, complete assignments and retake tests. Not surprisingly, the No Zero policy is controversial among educators.
As stated in the article, the No Zero policy gives all students opportunities to be successful. The opportunity to retake tests, have endless time to turn in assignments and multiple opportunities to make up work will certainly allow more opportunities for students to be successful. That depends on how we are defining “success.” Part of the No Zero policy allows students to earn fifty or even sixty points for an assignment even if they don’t turn in anything. I cannot see how success can be found in the preceding framework.
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