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flunk

Education Informal chiefly US, Canadian, and NZ
a low grade below the pass standard
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A decade ago we proposed an accountability model that would address this perverse incentive to flunk kids.
Contamination of current accountability systems: it is assumed that accountability systems will provide reliable data on which to base education policy. But Ms. McGill-Franzen and Mr. Allington maintain that four overlooked factors are consistently producing skewed pictures of student achievement
Don't flunk it, Liverpool Vision, nor you, our apathetic councillors.
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Told that most of his classmates would flunk out, he quickly rose to the top.
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The results should be used to trigger interventions, not flunk the kids in the worst schools.
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