On twitter I saw a tweet with a link to an article about grading. Being as I am still a student, the ins and outs of grading are very important to me because they literally determine my future. Growing up I was made to believe that grades were a reflection of my intelligence. If I had a bad grade, a B or below, on a test, I believed I was stupid. That was the only reasonable explination in my mind. As I grew older, I started to realize that my grades literally had nothing to do with my intelligence. I could be the smartest kid in the class and have the worst grade over things like homework and tests. Just because a student does poorly on tests does not mean they are stupid. I want all students to know that grades are not a reflection of them. Education needs to look more toward advancing students abilities and knowledge and away from numbers that literally reflect nothing and can destroy a childs motivation and self-esteem.
You can read this article here.
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