Attendance should not be grading factor
By Edgar Lopez Attendance points should not affect a student’s final grade, as it is distorting the true value of the knowledge that the student attains throughout a course. At East Los Angeles College, instructors are under policy to not offer any points for attendance. However, many instructors on campus do the opposite. As it says in the fall 2012 catalog for attendance policies, “The student is expected to attend every…