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https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/themes/themes/education/27006-finnish-school-grades-inflated-as-average-students-vanish.html
“There are either strong performers or very weak ones,”
Ruokojärvi said. “It seems like the middle group has
disappeared.”
Ruokojärvi, who has worked in three lower secondary schools
over five years, said most of his colleagues have made
similar observations. He noted that students who once
received grades around 7 now tend to fall to 5 or below,
often passing only due to lenient assessments or
simplified exams.
A photograph of Ruokojärvi’s recent test results shows
a near-total absence of the normal bell curve distribution.
“The Gaussian curve has become a dip,” he said.
. . .
"The Curve" should ALWAYS be there.
So this is WEIRD.
Geniuses - or morons - nothing much in-between.
That's not supposed to happen.
Also, troublesome, the schools are 'adjusting'
the grades so they still look good and normal.
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