Since the start of elementary school, we are set with the mindset of grades. Grades are important. We were taught that we must excel in every subject to be able to go to college and live a good life. Is this true? The current education system teaches us to not learn the material but to just pass the test and get a good grade. I did not take AP World History sophomore year because I wanted to, I did it because it would look good on my transcript and boost my GPA. Is this the perfect way for us to learn? The answer is no. This system is built because the government and administrators of education need statistics to assess the proficiency of our future generation. Many argue that grading is the most accurate way to assess the proficiency of the student and with attendance grades and other subsidies it will be the accurate form of education. Others argue that the idea of grading itself is absurd and we need to change or
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To solve this dilemma, I argue that we need to change the mindset of focusing on statistics by practicing a hybrid form of education where we find a balance of learning knowledge and creating a more accurate way to assess proficiency. Through this form of education, it can fix our inaccurate assessments and allow students to learn the material and discover their academic interests.
The grading system was set to allow administrators to write reports and compare students. We are merely numbers and statistics to many people. We are being used to calculate where the school stands and where we stand among one another. As it is stated, “Education Secretary Arne Duncan, who wants to maintain the federal role of holding schools accountable for student growth through annual tests” (Schoof 2), We as students must take annual tests or standardized testing because tests scores are easier to calculate than the growth of knowledge. The
To solve this dilemma, I argue that we need to change the mindset of focusing on statistics by practicing a hybrid form of education where we find a balance of learning knowledge and creating a more accurate way to assess proficiency. Through this form of education, it can fix our inaccurate assessments and allow students to learn the material and discover their academic interests.
The grading system was set to allow administrators to write reports and compare students. We are merely numbers and statistics to many people. We are being used to calculate where the school stands and where we stand among one another. As it is stated, “Education Secretary Arne Duncan, who wants to maintain the federal role of holding schools accountable for student growth through annual tests” (Schoof 2), We as students must take annual tests or standardized testing because tests scores are easier to calculate than the growth of knowledge. The