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Why Bother With Grades? Just Give Everyone A Gold Star And A Diploma
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The Miami-Dade school district has eliminated midterms and finals as a requirement, the idea being to lighten the workload on students. And maybe that's true, but wouldn't it have been smarter to just de-emphasize the percentage of the final grade that the tests represent? Couldn't they just say that the final exam would only be, say, 20% of the final grade? If you eliminate midterms and finals, aren't you eliminating an important part of determining whether a kid is learning and achieving? (Miami Herald; Thanks to Jeff Katz at WXKS (talk 1200)/Boston for the link)
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