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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't understand why others are annoyed at the suggestion.  Students need to know how they are doing and get feedback.[/quote]

They do, but the human beings have to come ahead of the grading.  Lessons need to be taught in real time.  Kids who are having trouble need help.  Kids who are curious need their questions answered.  Kids who are moving from place to place (depending on age) need to be escorted and supervised.  There isn't down time to grade during the workday, and while I can't much think of any career that doesn't have time off the clock, there is no mathematical way for teachers to turn back work right away, and doubly so if there are to be comments and feedback.  Autograding of rote recollection exercises doesn't solve that problem, either: rote memorization can be a small piece of a larger puzzle (like with languages or math facts), but it has to be contextualized and used, not just drilled.  And programming a customized autograded multiple-choice quiz takes way, way longer than actually administering it.

Teachers work hard, way harder than most people know or appreciate.  Take your interest in your own kid and multiply it by 30+.  Then multiply that 30+ x at least 5 for MS and HS.  Then imagine that you are on the receiving end of that many needs simply as part of your regular job, and the vast majority of those needs don't come from adults.[/quote]

I appreciate all that. I really do.
Teachers should do themselves a favor and assign less high-stakes graded work that they don't have time to grade. Win-win![/quote]

You don't appreciate it. You really don't. Parents should do themselves a favor, take a breath, and find somebody else's neck upon which to breath down.[/quote]

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