response to statement with citations. Modern day education does not necessarily align with the expectation that a quartile of students achieving at the top and bottom ends of the curve as normative. Personalized and individualized learning is heavily pushed in today's educational society to ensure that students are taught with equity. Assuming that student achievement will fit into a "normal" area restricts our understanding of the individual educational needs of each student (Corcoran, 2024). We should instead recognize the diversity within our students and provide equal opportunities for each of them to reach their protentional (Ling et al., 2020). If a curve representing student achievement is not normally distributed, skewed to the left or right, it implies that the school is either failing or excelling. For example, if the curve is skewed to the left, it is an indication that the overall performance of the class is low. This could suggest inadequate instructional methods, poor and outdated curriculum, or a lack of resources (Corcoran, 2024). Having a skewed distribution is not necessarily a bad thing. If grades are skewed to the right, this could indicate high understanding and positive outcomes. It is crucial, however, to make sure that grades are not being inflated due to low rigor being expected on assessments but instead that they are a true reflection of student learning (Ling et al., 2020). Statisticians defend the bell curve as representing a "normally distribut