Parents need to directly hear from teachers and administrators via open houses or parent advisory councils to lift the fog of confusion and concern surrounding this change.
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A scholar of grading explains how teachers can do a better job of reporting what grades represent, and what they are for.
Both teachers and our media landscape contribute to how youth make sense of what is expected of them, and who are bound to excel in which fields.
COVID-19 has challenged teachers’ abilities to provide students with chances to learn and to report on student learning.
Grades may be a crude incentive for students aspiring to the highest performance, but they have little influence on those who take satisfaction from the learning process.
Grades don’t actually measure learning, and they can increase students’ stress and decrease their motivation. A college professor explains an alternative to grading students’ work.
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Professor, Brock University
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Pro Vice-Chancellor of Te Wānanga Toi Tangata Division of Education; Professor of Measurement, Assessment and Evaluation, University of Waikato
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Professor, Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community & Diaspora, York University, Canada
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Professor of English, University of Richmond
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Associate Professor (Assessment and Digital Learning), Deakin University
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Alfred Deakin Professor and Director, Centre for Research on Assessment and Digital Learning, Deakin University
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Senior Research Fellow, University of Waikato
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Senior Research Fellow, Deakin University
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Associate Professor of Teaching and Leadership, University of North Dakota
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Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia
