Grades; who needs grades? People often look at grades as a way to judge how a student is doing. If the student is getting a high mark then he or she is understanding and obtaining the knowledge of the class. On the other hand‚ if he or she is getting a low mark he or she is not applying his or herself or possibly being flat out lazy. However this is not always the case. Unfortunately the educational system puts an abundant amount of weight on a grade‚ so it is stressed that the grade received determines
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Grade Inflation Former Stanford President Don Kennedy argues the grades themselves don’t matter–what’s important is the academic quality. Kennedy proposes that the letter grade students score in classes is irrelevant but rather the knowledge gained is what really matters (Kennedy). Teachers and student’s themselves have given letter grades a priority in education‚ losing sight of what is really important. Donald Caruth suggests that there has been an upward shift in grades without a corresponding
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In the article‚ The Case against Grades‚ Alfie Kohn talks about how the grading system is deflecting the actual purpose of why students are interested in classes. He speaks on how grades tend to diminish students and create a preference for what a student has to aim for in his or hers course. I myself have experienced this in my academic life. A student shouldn’t be categorized and put into groups when looking at a grade. When a student enrolls himself into a course‚ let’s say in high school‚ he
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Creating Performance Goals and Measures for Your Charter School1 This document is designed to provide guidance and assistance in developing sound goals and measures – both educational and organizational – for inclusion in your charter agreement with [Authorizing Agency]. The following guidance focuses especially on providing deeper guidance for developing strong educational goals and measures – i.e.‚ those that will comprise the Academic and Student Non-Academic Performance indicators of your
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the way back to 6th grade we were always the littlest ones and I remember feeling like a fish out of water. We were terrified of getting lost or being late for class‚ but excited to have a locker to decorate and change classes each period. It doesn’t seem like that was over 2 years ago at all. We came back in 7th grade‚ much more confident than the year before. We looked down to the new 6th graders‚ asking "Were we really that short just last year?" And by the end of 7th grade I was shocked that I
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I’m going to tell you about my life from the end of 7th grade to the end of 8th grade. At the end of seventh grade I had went to both my brothers C-tec and Watkins graduation. After both graduations we had a graduation party and I got to see family members I haven’t seen in forever. I got to hang out with my cousin and eat a lot of delicious foods. A few days later it was the last day of school and all I did was hang out with all of my friends. After that it was finally summer! My whole summer pretty
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favorites. For this story‚ I’ve asked various 8th grade students about what their favorite year was‚ what was their favorite moment of that year‚ and what they were looking forward to next year. Some students thought sixth grade was the best year for them because there was less rules‚ people got to know each other better and make friends‚ it was a smaller school‚ and there was only one grade at the school which meant more space. Jeira Esserman said‚ “6th grade was the best year because we did a lot of
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Selection At DESCON (Case Study) 1. Introduction Of The Case DESCON has won the contract for the LASMO oil pipeline work for the Bhit gas field development project. Altaf Baig‚ who is the Head of the Project Divisions‚ is looking for a Site Manager of Grade Three at DESCON for LASMO Oil Pipeline Project.For this‚ Projects Division sent a HR requirement form to the HR Department after receiving confirmation from LASMO Oil Company to start work in April 2002. GM Projects Division Department also sent job
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Should Computer Grade Your Essay? In reading this case study it was hard to come to terms that there some Universities that are presently using computer software to grade a student essay. How was that possible‚ how can a computer software understand what a student is writing and why the student is writing those words. This student is thankful that he just has to answer the case study question‚ since when he finishes reading this case study he had more questions than answers. The case study questions
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you tired of getting bad grades on your report card? Does your grade point average make you feel depressed? Do you want to jump on a student who has a better grade than you and punch that person in the face? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions‚ then you need to read this essay. In a few easy steps you will learn how to transform your grades from poor to excellent. All you have to do is read a couple of pages‚ and you will find out what it takes to get good grades. Remember that the success
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