Easy A? Do you know a voice that is not often heard throughout the educational debate? Students. The students know that they are miserable. They know that purpose of going to school is passing test to get into college, than going to college and passing more test to eventually graduate, and finally reaching the finish line to pursue onto a career and continue their lives. Well hopefully this happens, because if they don 't pass the test it could be the end of their lives. Grades have taken such a big impact, causing students to have less of a value for the material given to them. Proving that letter grades are lowering the value of today 's education system and destroying students creativity. This negative affect on students
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As quoted by Long “Standard-based grading, should offer more feedback by evaluating how well students meet measurable mileposts and objectives. That, in turn, improves instruction for each individual student and it allows the student more ways to demonstrate that they 've learned the material before moving on” (Long). A school in Virginia decided to adapt to the standard based grading. Parents were at first confused, but later on were appreciative of the amount of information provided to them and also grateful to be able to keep track of their child 's learning process. Because of the successful launch with the standard based grading, they later on introduced it to middle schools and high schools. When sending out the grades they separated their grades from effort and achievement. In this case whether or not you did your homework and passed all your test it was separated from how well u comprehend and understood the field. This way of grading showed a great deal within the students. If this method of grading was done throughout our country their would be a large adjustment toward students mindsets. We will see an improvement of the students more fully involved with their education. But in order for this to happen people need to first see that our grading system is broken. They need to see and understand the affects it has on the students, and know it needs to
As quoted by Long “Standard-based grading, should offer more feedback by evaluating how well students meet measurable mileposts and objectives. That, in turn, improves instruction for each individual student and it allows the student more ways to demonstrate that they 've learned the material before moving on” (Long). A school in Virginia decided to adapt to the standard based grading. Parents were at first confused, but later on were appreciative of the amount of information provided to them and also grateful to be able to keep track of their child 's learning process. Because of the successful launch with the standard based grading, they later on introduced it to middle schools and high schools. When sending out the grades they separated their grades from effort and achievement. In this case whether or not you did your homework and passed all your test it was separated from how well u comprehend and understood the field. This way of grading showed a great deal within the students. If this method of grading was done throughout our country their would be a large adjustment toward students mindsets. We will see an improvement of the students more fully involved with their education. But in order for this to happen people need to first see that our grading system is broken. They need to see and understand the affects it has on the students, and know it needs to