Get rid of grades!

[mareserinitatis]

Reading this post on Dr. Free-Ride's blog about grade inflation had me cheering. Not because of what Janet says (because I think she makes a lot of excellent points). No, I think the thing I liked best was the second comment:

How about getting rid of grades altogether?I know this horrifies some people. Heavens, what would we do without grades

Comments

[ext_152957]

What you're describing sounds like Montessori education.

[tomysky]

Totally: Get rid of grades.

Absolutely. Agreed.

I did well at the grade game when I got to high school, but it did nothing to benefit my learning.

~Luke