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re: High school grade inflation is worse than you think
Posted on 7/16/15 at 11:49 am to icegator337
Posted on 7/16/15 at 11:49 am to icegator337
I agree grades are too subjective. I also definitely agree not everyone should go to college.
What we need are state-wide "End of Course" exams that feature thought provoking questions/responses better than multiple choice, T/F, Matching.
Louisiana has started this process but it is still in its infancy.
The standardized tests of today do not demonstrate true knowledge of a subject. Many students cram for the test, answer the questions and gain a passing score. Two weeks later most of them have forgotten the concepts.
We need more exams with essay questions that forces the student to apply a concept to a certain situation, not just regurgitate the definition.
ETA
And quit blaming teachers!!! Yes, there are some educators out there that do cringe worthy things but there are thousands of great educators out there begging to receive the type of support needed to educate our children. Support from parents, administrators and funding.
What we need are state-wide "End of Course" exams that feature thought provoking questions/responses better than multiple choice, T/F, Matching.
Louisiana has started this process but it is still in its infancy.
The standardized tests of today do not demonstrate true knowledge of a subject. Many students cram for the test, answer the questions and gain a passing score. Two weeks later most of them have forgotten the concepts.
We need more exams with essay questions that forces the student to apply a concept to a certain situation, not just regurgitate the definition.
ETA
And quit blaming teachers!!! Yes, there are some educators out there that do cringe worthy things but there are thousands of great educators out there begging to receive the type of support needed to educate our children. Support from parents, administrators and funding.
This post was edited on 7/16/15 at 11:59 am
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Posted on 7/16/15 at 11:56 am to Tigeralum2008
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We need more exams with essay questions that forces the student to apply a concept to a certain situation, not just regurgitate the definition.
As a society we aren't ready to accept that failure rate....at least not today's society. Also, we certainly aren't a society that is ready to work hard enough with your proposed system to make it a viable pass/fail rate.
Although I think ultimately your answer is the correct one....I'm not certain we are ever going to implement it. We are going to hurt a lot of feeling and the first thing we are going to have to deal with is the fact that these tests are racist because I'd imagine the minority failure rate will be real high.
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