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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The discussion has been good with the exception of one person committing a logical fallacy: Ad Hominem. I notice that proponents of SBG don't have much to back up what they are saying, and they can't answer specific questions: "I'll get to that" or "to answer the question..." but what follows is not an answer just a word salad to burn the clock. The anonymous poster goes a step further calling us crazy and stupid, says she personally doesn't care either way, yet seems to have a vested interest.

The poster that has called us "morons," "chicken littles" and "crazy," and has said not to worry about our kids' education because her kid said he's doing just fine. She's not worried about anyone else. It's just a grading system.

We've pointed out specific reasons for concern: 1) SBG [b]may[/b] demotivate students and lead them to procrastinate and learn later. 2)SBG [b]may[/b] unfairly impact high-achieving students and devalue their hard work 3) SBG [b]appears to[/b] impact students' mental health leading to frustration and anxiety 4) SBG [b]may[/b] hide the achievement gap and result in passing on students thus robbing them of the education they deserve 5)SBG as a grading system [b]may[/b] not motivate anyone to try their best

This next SB election is very important.[/quote]

Or...

SBG MAY encourage students to take ownership of their own learning process.
SBG MAY have NO impact on consistently high performing kids b/c they will still consistently get high marks and learn much.
SBG MAY improve student mental health by de-emphasizing the importance of grading and re-emphasizing the importance of engaging in learning (regardless of the grade given, if any).
SBG MAY encourage students on the verge of failing or actually in a failing situation to continue to try and continue to learn because trends of improvement will be rewarded with bonus points on the previous grade (the bump up for one previous grade when there is an improved assessment thereafter).
SBG MAY encourage some to try more than they already have, allow others to put their efforts on what they prioritize, including allowing those for whom grades are the highest priority to continue to get top grades.

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