Tuesday, November 18, 2014

New Grading System

With the increased focus on adding technology to classroom, a new way of looking at how students should learn is also being discussed. The idea is for students to show "mastery" before moving on to a new concept.  This is a great idea in the perfect world.  However, this concept does not match up with our current grading system.

If a student showed "mastery' before moving on to the next concept, all students will either have an A or B in the class.  We are going to move to mastering a subject; we will also need to find a different type of grading scale.  I do not see how the current A to F grading scale will coincide with the concept of mastery.

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