We’ve discussed this issue before. It sounds like a reframing of the approach sometimes referred to “Grading for Equity” where grading for “mastery of material” is given precedence over issues such as attendance, homework, deadlines, behavior, etc. From the SFC article:
It’s a debate districts are having across the Bay Area and the country, given increasing concerns over grade inflation, racial inequities on report cards and at the most basic level, whether an A means students actually mastered the subject matter or simply showed up and didn’t make waves.
Here’s a thread where you chimed in on the issue . . .
Discussion of this article might fit better there or in a new thread.