At the same time, the policy addresses none of the truly thorny questions about homework. If the district finds homework to be unimportant to its students’ academic achievement, it should move to reduce or eliminate the assignments, not make them count for almost nothing. Conversely, if homework matters, it should account for a significant portion of the grade. Meanwhile, this policy does nothing to ensure that the homework students receive is meaningful or appropriate to their age and the subject, or that teachers are not assigning more than they are willing to review and correct.
与此同时，该政策并没有解决有关家庭作业真正棘手的问题。如果学区认为家庭作业对学生的学业无足轻重，那么应该采取行动减少作业量或者取消家庭作业，而不是让其在成绩中的比重毫无分量。相反，如果家庭作业重要，那么就应该使其在成绩中占有重要比重。同时，这项政策丝毫不能保证学生接受的家庭作业是否有意义，是否适合他们的年龄和所学科目，也无法保证老师布置的作业量不会超过他们愿意批改的数量。
