Comments on: Five Problems with the Traditional Grading System and Why Standards-Based Grading is a Better Alternative https://strobeleducation.com/blog/five-problems-with-the-traditional-grading-system/ Mon, 31 Jul 2023 22:20:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Glenda https://strobeleducation.com/blog/five-problems-with-the-traditional-grading-system/#comment-7 Mon, 09 May 2022 20:31:27 +0000 https://strobeleducation.com/clone-of-how-teachers-can-help-prevent-adverse-childhood-experiences/#comment-7 I grew up with the ten point grading scale and then moved to the seven point. The standard base is new to me and I would prefer the 10 point scale over it.

]]> By: Chris Stampolis https://strobeleducation.com/blog/five-problems-with-the-traditional-grading-system/#comment-6 Fri, 12 Nov 2021 23:33:06 +0000 https://strobeleducation.com/clone-of-how-teachers-can-help-prevent-adverse-childhood-experiences/#comment-6 This article well-explains why dumping the SAT/ACT for university admissions does a disservice to many students, especially non-white students who are extremely likely to have mostly white high school teachers who grew up with different cultural presumptions than those of the students they teach.

University admissions are scarcity-founded – more people want admission to specific Universities than seats exist for those students. Manzano’s column clearly exposes that there are few norms for high school teachers’ grading rubrics. How to compare kids who are competing for admission to high-demand Universities without some norming way to compare the applicants? This article underscores that GPA to GPA often is more subjective than objective testing standards, especially at the highest ends of the competition pools.

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