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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why have grades at all?  [/quote]

To get into college. That is literally the only reason to have grades. We don't use grades as a barrier to play a sport, join a club or any other educational activity.[/quote]
I'm a HS teacher, and I'm at the point that I think we should eliminate grades on transcripts/report cards completely. Grades are so arbitrary, despite what people think. Sure, track grades in a gradebook, so student and parents have some idea of how a student is doing, but at the end you either meet the minimum standards for the course and pass, or you don't and you fail and need to retake the course. College bound students can use SAT/ACT and AP/IB scores to demonstrate content mastery to colleges, or they can do dual enrollment at community college. If you can score a 4 or 5 on the AP BC Calculus exam, I don't really care what your grades were in Algebra, Geometry, and Precalc were.

Grades have completely distorted the educational system. Students are all about the transaction to "get" a grade (completing worksheets) and unmotivated by the learning. Bring back learning for learning's sake and get rid of grades.[/quote]

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