Comment by loneboat
13 hours ago
Imagine an elementary school teacher told you that many of her students had failing grades, so she had implemented a new reading curriculum.
If she told you that afterwards the failing grades had "soared", it could easily be read either way:
- The (previously failing) grades had increased, so the program must be working very well.
- The percent of grades that count as failing had increased, so the program must actually be terrible.
It's not the best phrasing but it's still quite clearly the latter
Yeah, it was quite clear once I started reading the article. It just threw me for a loop as I read the title - Usually if I hear of grades "soaring" that's a _good_ thing.