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[quote=Anonymous]OP. Thanks, I know about Fairgrade. The issue can be summarized as follows: In many classes, and certainly most core classes, the kids are quizzed very shortly after they learn the material. This gives them little or no time to wrestle with the concepts, correct misconceptions, etc. The unit material is then shelved until the midterm and/or final, giving them ample time to forget. More importantly, quizzes account for a large percentage of the class grade (usually around a third). Even more importantly, they're graded out of very few points (10 or more often 8 or even 5). That means that missing one question, even due to a calculation error or a careless mistake can be worth as much as 20% of your grade. Forget about missing two. The reason this makes no sense is that basic statistics says that a sample size of 10 questions is a very poor representation of the population of questions on the subject. In other words, quizzes with just a few questions suck at providing accurate evidence of mastery. But they sure do stress out and demoralize the kids, especially when they have 10 mn to answer 10 questions and know the hit their grade could take if they don't ace it. If other school systems (or other pyramids) give quizzes that are more representative (more questions, and more time), this probably puts ours at a disadvantage. Homework is also sometimes graded for correctness rather than completeness, which strikes me as crazy. [/quote]
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