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[quote=Anonymous]I agree with the Wakefield teachers.  It's a horrible idea.  When I first started teaching at the college level I tried something like this.  It seemed new-fangled and trendy and appealed to me in the way that these things appeal to academics with complete control over their grading process.  So I tried it.  What happened was exactly what they predicted - most kids didn't do anything that was not required for a grade.  Others did, and then resented that it didn't raise their grade above the others'.  Then, the worst part, was that I had work coming in at all times, completely out of order, and long after I'd already graded the bulk of it.  It was an organizational nightmare.  Worse, assessments are normally used to decide what needs to be taught or re-taught, and I no longer had any idea what most of the students knew or didn't know.  So I was planning lessons in the dark.  I stopped the policy after one semester.  I feel sorry for teachers and students who are now being subjected to this idiocy.[/quote]

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