Faced with soaring Ds and Fs, schools are ditching the old way of grading

Re:Faced with soaring Ds and Fs, schools are ditching the ol... by js8 on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @09:22PM (#29183718)

Noam Chomsky went to a Deweyite high school with no grading and turned out more than fine (he actually enjoyed it). I am opposed to grading, I would replace it with a levelling system - you would have to show certain proficiency to gain a level.

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Re:Faced with soaring Ds and Fs, schools are ditching the ol... by azinman2 on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @09:59PM (#29183981)

All exceptional people are exactly that — exceptions. What happened to his peers?

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Re:Faced with soaring Ds and Fs, schools are ditching the ol... by spoonjim on Thursday November 11, 2021 @12:37AM (#29184777)

There's almost nothing that can be learned from someone like Noam Chomsky that is applicable to the median student.

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Re:Faced with soaring Ds and Fs, schools are ditching the ol... by throwaway23451 on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @09:33PM (#29183776)

I think that’s a great idea. I’m not necessarily advocating for a strict grading scale, just an objective yardstick for gauging progress towards achieving proficiency in critical subjects like math, language arts, etc.

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