Grades have been around for over 100 years, but they don’t always motivate students to try harder. The decreasing trend to actually try in school is huge. In order for students to try in class, it requires that we clearly distinguish progress from growth, and absolute achievement from norm-referenced grading. (Wiggins) Therefore, high schools should eliminate letter grades because grades diminish students’ interest in whatever they are learning; grades do not always reflect what students know, and school is not taken seriously. Students would be a lot better off without either of these relics from a less enlightened age. grades diminish students’ interest in whatever they are learning. The practical reality is, students try to get a grade,
