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Filed under: In The News, Education: Big Kids, Education: Tweens, Education: Teens
One Iowa school might ditch letter grades in favor of "standards-based reporting." Credit: Corbis
No, letter grades is not a new thing, at least for younger students. I didn't get them in elementary school, which wasn't that long ago. This particular method sounds more confusing than what I remember getting, which was something along the lines of "Good," "Satisfactory," "Needs Improvement," etc. If I'm understanding the concept behind "standards-based reporting" correctly, it sounds like a lot more work for teachers.
The Waukee school board proposal is not final yet; more hearings are scheduled and the board doesn't vote until March 8. But what do you think of the idea of eliminating letter grades in middle school? Good idea or bad idea?
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 1)
2-23-2011 @ 2:10PM
dougalcandy said...I've heard of this before--it's an attempt to make no child feel like a failure not matter what they do. I'm totally against this way of thinking. How can a child know how to deal with failure if they are not taught how to fail? This was done a few towns over from mine, and when the kids got to HS they totally floundered and couldn't understand why they weren't being told how great they were. But I guess that's the new child psychology--they must be protected at all costs from failure, disappointment, losing, and abuse. They must be respected at all times without earning it. Hey--you got out of bed and are breathing??? Great, you get a trophy, you're just an amazing kid!
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2-23-2011 @ 2:24PM
Alicia said...How is this useful? This sounds like how they graded us from kindergarten to second grade. By third grade, kids are old enough to understand letter (or number!) grades and need them to know where they need to improve.
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