By Anne Vasquez, Photo: Allison Shelley/All4Ed, EdSource, December 13, 2021
After 18 months of distance learning, I took a breath before the start of this school year. What would the new normal look like? I feel like I’m still holding my breath, waiting for the proverbial shoe to drop that comes in the form of an end-of-semester report card.
As the mother of a newly minted middle school student and a high school junior, I knew this year would test my personal code of ethics about grades: Effort and improvement should supersede a letter. It’s a mantra my husband and I have long drilled into our children that’s built on the belief that it’s more important to learn to love learning than it is to chase a check mark. Personal growth should win the day.
During EdSource’s latest Roundtable series, “The Future of Grading: When Failure is Not an Option,” educators and experts acknowledged the need to reevaluate how students are graded.
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