Tougher Grading Better For Students Essay

In the essay “Tougher Grading Better For Students” the author goes on for several paragraphs about research and studies that show that students learn more when they are challenged. Throughout this article I found myself disagreeing with the author multiple times, this study took so long to conduct and happened long enough ago that it can’t possibly take into account the technology of today and the effect it has had on today’s students. The worst assumption of the whole essay is that standardized testing is actually a good standard of measurement for students, as we as a society have grown and diversified, one would think that our schools would have as well and developed new ways of determining knowledge and learning. Instead schools continue to use standardized testing to determine whether students that have completely different strengths and weaknesses are good at a subject. …show more content…
This assumption leads into the title subject “Tougher Grading Better For Students” this statement fails to take into account the fact that sometimes getting a good grade can motivate a student like nothing else in the world ever could, yes, some students do better when they are challenged, but I would like to meet a 12-year old who gets a poor score and actually thinks “Oh dear, I need to work harder” in today’s instantaneous reward based society with video games and social media to give instant gratification and affirmation that student can feel smart and accomplished through completing a video game, or he can feel accomplished by getting a good score. Once a student receives a good grade the rush they get from it can make them work even harder to receive that thrill, somewhat like a non-drug based