Monday, May 26, 2008
In Our Schools - Redefining failure?
Hasn't anyone yet figured out that these "creative" grading schemes aren't working?
Is it possible that our educators are too dumb to figure that out?
How about teaching the material, testing, grading the results, and passing or failing based on the result? Is that too "old-fashioned"?...
Is it possible that our educators are too dumb to figure that out?
How about teaching the material, testing, grading the results, and passing or failing based on the result? Is that too "old-fashioned"?...
Recently, Steve Friess wrote this for USA Today:
"But opponents say the larger gap between D and F exists because passing requires a minimum competency of understanding at least 60% of the material. Handing out more credit than a student has earned is grade inflation, says Ed Fields, founder of HotChalk.com, a site for teachers and parents: "I certainly don't want to teach my children that no effort is going to get them half the way there.""