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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also, I asked 1 of the top students at Madison for thoughts on SBG: student said “I think it allows kids to slack off.” I asked a student in the middle for thoughts: “I love it. It allows me to relax and slack off. Every time I see that P and realize it doesn’t count, I just relax because I’m not going to do it.”

From a teacher after some students refused to work: I can’t make them do anything[/quote]
It seems very logical to me why Madison was chosen as a good candidate for this experiment. Sports is very important to a large portion of students in the school and SBG allows them to focus more of their time there without being penalized for not turning in academic work. One might argue that those students will do badly on tests if they don't put in the effort on the assignments. However, if the curriculum is sufficiently watered down, those students will not necessarily need to do much work to get good grades. Students are happier to have time for their sports, more students who were previously failing get a chance to boost their grades, and the school system can show higher grade achievement across the board.

A significant portion of kids will now be conditioned to not do assigned work and to further believe they have learned a lot because they have gotten a good grade. They will then find in college that not all classes are created equal, and that some classes require doing the homework to attain a sufficient mastery of skills needed to well on the exams. In those classes, cramming or getting a tutor at the last minute will not allow them to attain understanding.

The problem of teaching students the value of work towards achieving a higher level of understanding, is now being passed off to colleges.[/quote]

You don’t have a clue. Jmhs is NOT watered down and SBG doesn’t make grading easier. [/quote]
On the contrary, little to no homework in many classes is strong evidence of being watered down.[/quote]

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