How students should be evaluated came under scrutiny during the 1950s. As curricula and teaching methods changed, so did the traditional method of grading: As, Bs, Cs, and so on. The newest fad in grading became known as SNUX, or Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory. The change affected all grade levels and brought about a revolt by the parents who grew up with the traditional method.
Parents and critics of the new system contended that a former "C" student would be considered "Satisfactory," undistinguished from.....
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