Re:Faced with soaring Ds and Fs, schools are ditching the ol...
by mlyle on Friday November 12, 2021 @09:52PM
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> Y is worse than X. If you give both of them a math task ("how should I launch this rocket so that it lands safely"), then X is more likely to get it right. The reason why is irrelevant; results are relevant.
Note that this isn't really exactly what grades measure much of the time. In an ideal world they measure mastery-- but they often measure a whole lot of classroom conduct, who's able to spend extra time on assignments at home, details of information presentation, etc.
My students who I'd judge most likely to get a critical problem right aren't always at the top of the gradebook. Sometimes they're near the bottom. And this is despite me weighing demonstrated capability and mastery very highly.
Note that this isn't really exactly what grades measure much of the time. In an ideal world they measure mastery-- but they often measure a whole lot of classroom conduct, who's able to spend extra time on assignments at home, details of information presentation, etc.
My students who I'd judge most likely to get a critical problem right aren't always at the top of the gradebook. Sometimes they're near the bottom. And this is despite me weighing demonstrated capability and mastery very highly.