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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is the complete opposite of what I learned while getting my MEd.[/quote]

You learned kids shouldn’t be graded hard?[/quote]

You would be shocked at how many teachers think grades should be eliminated all together...[/quote]

If there was adequate time to write narratives for every student then eliminating grades would be very worthy of exploration.

But that's a fantasy! So grades are needed, for better or worse.

-teacher [/quote]

Instituting "grades" instead of narratives (or at least in addition to narratives) had an large -- and positive -- impact on the medical world. Apgar scores made babies safer, Glasgow coma scores are ensuring proper care to head injury victims, NIH stroke scale is making strokes more survivable, etc. The key is that the metrics get delivered fast and clear.

Conversely, in the education world, actual performance can be buried under the weight of jargon. And this is particularly true for children of less educated parents.[/quote]

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