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Originally Posted by Manhattanboy
Wonder what Alberta teachers think of the new rules for public elementary schools in BC. Students will no longer get letter grades:
“It’s definitely time for a change (as) letter grades were a vestige of industrial society,” Brar told Global News.
“It’s a strength-based perspective where everyone is on the spectrum.”
The change has garnered a lot of attention online, with parents reacting to the news that only students in grades 10, 11 and 12 will receive letter grades and percentages.
Instead of letter grades, students will be assessed as “emerging, developing, proficient and extending.”
I challenge anyone to explain the difference between emerging and developing.
And extending? What the hell?
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I'm not so sure about their actual words, but I think letter grades and percentages don't mean much, they're dependent on how hard the tests/assignments are and how hard they are marked. The same student could get a 90% from one teacher and a 70% from another for the same class, since exams aren't standardized. Grade inflation has been a real problem for a long time, with some schools handing out A's left and right while at others they are hard to get. Really what does matter is if they have achieved or exceeded the goals of the curriculum.
They probably still need to use percentages in high school due to university admission, but even that is really affected by the disparity in grading between schools/classes/teachers aside from diploma exams.