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[quote=Anonymous]Math teacher:

Because anything that goes home cannot be assumed to be their work. Why should a child get more than 10% of their grade from something a parent, a tutor, google, or ChatGPT did for them? Or even something done in class where I had to hold their hand and prompt each step of every problem, where they needed to use their notes to remember a procedure, or ask their friend if they got the same answer. If they need that to learn, then they should absolutely use those supports, but eventually the goal is that they demonstrate their own ability to solve problems. 10% free points for trying seems fair.

A grade in a class should represent the percent of standards mastered. The only way a teacher can guarantee a student did 100% of their work themselves is through individual assessments, done within the 4 walls of the classroom.

I would be 1000% okay with giving two separate grades: “effort” for classwork and homework, and “ability” for tests and quizzes. But if it is going to be a combined one, the subject mastery needs to be weighted significantly more than effort—otherwise why is my class called “algebra 2” vs “worksheet completion”?

I do think that grades have been inflated way too long, so we are used to straight As being the normal for a hard working kid. It’s going to be a while for us to adapt to a new normal where a hard working kid who only masters 75% of the material has a B or a B- vs an A- when homework and classwork was 30%, and that’s okay.[/quote]

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