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Re:Home schooling's rise from fringe to fastest-growing form... by vkou on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @05:35PM (#38091714)
> Since I never had tests or grades of any sort it didn't really matter.

I was homeschooled to grade 3, and just because my parents didn't give me tests or grades, it absolutely mattered.

I had to correctly solve, both verbally and in writing, enough questions at the end of the current chapter of the textbook, to a standard that satisfied them. For every subject of study. Every single day.

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Re:Home schooling's rise from fringe to fastest-growing form... by spiderice on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @06:21PM (#38092225)
> just because my parents didn't give me tests or grades

> I had to correctly solve ... to a standard that satisfied them

In other words, you had tests and grades

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Re:Home schooling's rise from fringe to fastest-growing form... by vkou on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @09:11PM (#38093446)
A test is, by most people's general understanding, is a closed-book, timed, evaluation of competency.

A grade is a permanent record of a snapshot-in-time evaluation of your understanding of a material.

"Read the chapter, solve the problems in it, we'll go over your work later" is neither a test, nor a grade.

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Re:Home schooling's rise from fringe to fastest-growing form... by devbent on Thursday November 02, 2023 @02:27AM (#38109667)
Historically oral exams were commonly used to test a student's proficiency, but they fell out of favor as the educational system scaled up.
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