Grades have been shown to cultivate a fear of failure among students, at all ages, and inhibit them from taking intellectual ...
What’s in a grade? On its surface, a letter or number grade would appear to be a fixed measure of a student’s performance on a given assessment: a test, essay, project, or other tangible piece of work ...
When Laura Link works with districts to review their grading policies, she starts by asking a simple question: What are grades for? Are grades meant to motivate students? To help teachers determine ...
Another method is called collaborative grading, or ungrading, where students don’t get grades throughout the semester.