"When you reflect to a student that he has misconstrued a concept or has taken a false step in a math problem, you are indicating something real about his performance, but when you give him a B+, you are saying nothing at all about this mastery of the material, you are only matching him up against other students" (Zander, 2000, p. 24).
The above passage from the book the Art of Possibility really got me thinking about our current grading system. I have seen so many students freak out over a test because they are so worried about getting that A. More often than not, it is my students who could care less about their grades that obtain a good score on a test. This concept of fear of failure and chapter three from the Art of Possibility really got me thinking how different education would be if more schools turned to a standards based grading system. The following videos take a look at Marzano's view of the current grading system in education.
References:
Solution Tree. (2009, December 15). Robert Marzano on Formative Assessment and Standards-Based Grading [Video File]. Video posted to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfOnyrWtPu0&feature=related
Solution Tree. (2009, October 9). Solution Tree: Robert Marzano, Standards-Based Reporting and Formative Assessment [Video File]. Video posted to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNGajRP41nA
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