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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m the PP who posted about having learned the opposite while in grad school. I actually do not believe in grading at all, and much prefer students and families having an awareness of what they know and what they’re ready to learn next. My program was not a traditional education program, and I’m very happy with the philosophy I learned, I also agree that in order to be a good teacher, you need actual in classroom experience. I didn’t get my masters until I had been teaching for many years, and it only helped solidify my understanding of what I already suspected.[/quote]

This is a nightmare approach to teaching. How do you assess what the kids have learned? How do you ensure that they work to the standards they need to learn?[/quote]

I’m confused by your confusion. You observe, you ask questions, you have students work on assignments, projects, etc. just like they regularly would. You compare their work and answers to what the standard says to see if they are proficient. It’s really simple. You just don’t need to give a participation grade, homework grade, or give things a letter or percentage grade. Standards-based/proficiency/narrative grading is quite common.[/quote]

Yes, plus this is the correct approach when we view education through the lens of racial equity.

[b]Grading is unfair and has a disparate impact on URMs[/b].  Obviously the solution is to try an other-than-grading approach to education.[/quote]

I bet you could count the number of teachers in this country who are straight-up racist in their grading on one hand.  Teachers WANT kids to succeed and learn content.  No one is taking a student who learns content and grading them down on purpose.  And administrators really don't like low grades.  I'm sorry if this bursts your bubble, but if anything the grades are likely higher for URMs than their mastery would indicate.  [/quote]

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