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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Regular (traditional) grading worked and was understood by all.  Why did they change it?[/quote]

Because those grades reflected a factual reality, and facts are anathema to leftists.[/quote]

Actually those grades did not reflect reality. They overemphasized behavior and did not reflect what students actually knew or could do giving a false reflection of how well they knew the subject and were prepared for the next level. Standards based grading is more factual if grades are meant to gage performance.[/quote]

Hmmm. There is some truth to that in some cases pertaining to traditional grading. But the way SBG is being handled is NOT addressing the issues. Especially when you look at the issues cited above, like teachers babysitting while students watch videos instead of providing direct instruction, not providing student-specific feedback on homework / quizzes before summative, relying on few graded tasks, in some cases uncertainty about whether an assignment is formative (doesn’t count toward a standards grade) or summative (counts toward the standards grade), etc. This is counter to how children/teens learn. The implementation of SBG is not appropriate. It is mentally exhausting many, seemingly most, students before you even get into class content. [/quote]

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