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Why The 100-Point Grading Scale is a Stacked Deck
Effects of Grading System on Students: Pros and Cons
Six Arguments Against the SAT-And Why They Don't Hold up
High GPA but Low SAT Score: What do you do?
Grading is a Scam (And Motivation is a Myth)
Five Ways the SAT Can Help you
Grading Principles and Guidelines
Terada, Y. (2023, March 17). Why the 100-Point Grading Scale Is a Stacked Deck. Edutopia.
Nair, M. (2022, December 23). Effects of grading system on Students: Pros and cons. University of the People.
Great Schools Partnership. (2017, January 18). Grading Principles and Guidelines | Great Schools Partnership
Wexler, N. (2020, November 17). 6 Arguments against the SAT—And why they don’t hold up. Forbes.
Seigel, D. (n.d.). High GPA but low SAT score: What do you do?
Zoe Bee. (2021, May 22). Grading is a Scam (and Motivation is a Myth) | A Professor Explains [Video].
5 Ways the SAT Can help You – BigFuture | College Board. (n.d.).
The Truth About Testing : An Educator's Call to Action
Popham, James W. The Truth About Testing : An Educator’s Call to Action, web.p.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?vid=0&sid=23d6c7d8-f0d0-412f-9914-6535a757e1b1%40redis&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3D%3D. Accessed 21 Feb. 2024.
Talks about the destructive consequences of modern standardized testing
W. James Pophamn won several different teaching awards at UCLA and was a teacher
"There are simply too many standards and too many bodies of knowledge vying for the limited space available on large scale tests and in teachers' crowded lesson plans" (78)
"The most serious consideration in the generation and use of a high-stakes testing program is whether the tests being employed actually help or hinder the quality of the education children receive"(15)
"Because today’s educators are under such intense pressure to raise their students’ scores on high-stakes tests, we are witnessing a nationwide diminishment of curricular attention toward any subject that isn’t included on a high-stakes test "(19)
It is improtant to look to see how tests are effecting students and teachers well being and if they are actually testing important information.
it is impossible for a student to learn everything that the SAT is testing for and it makes learning that information difficult.
If the subject r information isn't included in the SAT then teachers will skip over it
Many teachers will develop their lesson plans around the SAT instead of teaching respectable information pertaining to the class
classrooms prioritize the SAT
Talks about the ways the SAT is beneficial to students
Talks about the Good that comes from Standardized testing
College board is in charge of all SAT and PSAT testing in the United States
"the test strengthens your college application nearly everywhere" (Nair)
"The SAT is all about the skills and knowledge needed to be successful in college and career. Preparing for the SAT sharpens important skills at the heart of education" (Nair)
"You can decide later whether or not to submit your scores with your application" (Nair)
Having good test scores grants you access into top universities
The information on the SAT is applicable for everyday college life and shows what level you are at for certain programs
bacause of COVID-19, test scores have become more lax and some school have the option not to submit testing scores
Talks about the importance of testing and how to conduct testing the right way
The Great Schools Partnership promotes equity in all school systems and helps set guidelines for schools regarding grading and guidelines
"The grading system measures, reports, and documents academic progress and achievement separately from work habits, character traits, and behaviors, so that educators, counselors, advisors, and support specialists can accurately determine the difference between learning needs and behavioral or work-habit needs" (Great Schools Partnership)
"The grading system ensures consistency and fairness in the assessment of learning" (Great Schools Partnership)
"The primary purpose of the grading system is to clearly, accurately, consistently, and fairly communicate learning progress and achievement to students, families, postsecondary institutions, and prospective employers" (Great Schools Partnership)
it is a good way to measure everyone on where they stand regarding their education
It helps students learn how to basically learn and how to get everything out of education that they can
All testing is fair to students
Talks about what colleges think of conflicting GPA and SAT scores and how it will impact your admition into colleges and universities
Was written by Dora Siegal an she is a college administrator and a SAT strategies coach
"Your GPA is the most important part of your application, but a school will only consider your high GPA impressive if you took the hardest classes (AP or IB) offered at your school" (Seigel, D)
"Universities care about SAT scores because they see them as an equalizer. Every student in the country received a different high school education. Even students at the same school took different classes or had different teachers" (Seigel, D)
"If you did take a very challenging course load throughout high school (packed AP or IB classes, if available at your school) and you still have a very high GPA, the admissions officer will know and may be willing to look past your SAT score. However, you will have a better chance of being accepted if you can get your SAT score up to match your high GPA" (Seigel, D)
GPA considers a students work in high school and the level of classes they took
Every student takes the SAT and is a good way to measure students who didn't have the opportunity to take AP or similar classes in high school
In the end. Colleges look at both GPA and SAT scores to measure their academic success in high school
Goes over the ways the SAT and standardized testing is good and bad. it discusses a lot of points made about the SAT, both good and bad
Was written by Natalie Wexler who is a popular news article writer. She writes for Forbs an the Atlantic
"Generally, our education system further disadvantages students who are already disadvantaged, leading to huge gaps in the kind of knowledge that the SAT assumes test-takers possess"(Wexler, N)
"But this isn’t an argument against the SAT. Rather, it’s an argument for understanding what the SAT measures—and the fact these “skills” can’t be taught directly, in the abstract. They can only grow alongside knowledge"(Wexler, N)
Points out the fact the when schools teach lessons based off of standardized testing, they are missing out on actual lessons. This quote points out that the skills needed on the SAT are skills learned in the classroom and are learned alone with normal lesson plans
"The SAT tends to reward speed as well as general knowledge" (Wexler, N)
This quote pretty much explains its self. SAT is meant for people who can handle fast pace testing and who have a good general cultural knowledge which foreign student may not have.
if schools do not have the proper funding to teach students about and prepare for the SAT, they will not do well and will perpetuate the cycle
Written by BigFuture who sponsors the SAT and PSAT
"the test strengthens your college application nearly everywhere" (BigFuture College Board)
"Some colleges and educational organizations award scholarship money to students based in part on SAT scores" (BigFuture College Board)
"The SAT is all about the skills and knowledge needed to be successful in college and career. Preparing for the SAT sharpens important skills at the heart of education" (BigFuture College Board)
The skills needed for the SAT translate to college success
good SAT score can get you into good colleges and universities
scholarships can help students pay for college and it also gets the students name out there for colleges.
Youki Terada is the main editor for EDUTopia and make sure all of the articles written are backed up by peer reviewed articles and well known facts
"The earliest formal grading emerged in 1785 when Yale University began stratifying grades into four groups: Optimi, second Optimi, Inferiores, and Perjores" (Terada, Y)
"After decades of experimentation, K–12 schools in the U.S. began to shift to the A–F grading system, eschewing the bell curve in favor of a simplified, five-level hierarchy that was meant to take stock of an individual’s learning, irrespective of their peers. In a class of 25 students, there was no reason why 20 of them could not receive As—or Fs" (Terada, Y)
"That’s not to say that any alternatives to the 100-point grading system are perfect. Perhaps the problem lies in grading itself, since students tend to fixate on their scores and not their learning goals" (Terada, Y)
Talks about the second wave of grading
talks about the first wave of grading
introduces the third wave of grading and introduces the problems of the grading system
Gives the history of the grading system an dhow it came to be
goes into the definition of motivation and how the grading system is providing the wrong types of motivation to students
Written my Zoe Bee who is a college professor at Seneca University
"students who were quiet and sat still got gold stars that they could turn in at the end of the week to get prizes" (Bee 00:36)
"School it seems had gotten in the way of her education" (Bee 03:20)
Following the life of a kid named Maria and how she usued to come to school asking asking questions then as she learned that silence and good grades were valued over it, she lost her desire to learn.
By prioritizing silence and siting still, students will loose their independence and personality, and students who have trouble sitting sill will suffer and feel ostracized.
"When we are extrinsically motivated about a task, We don't actually care about that task"(Bee 20:52)
extrinsic motivation only provides motivation to reach the target and doesn't provide motivation to actually care about the process that gets you there
test scores are a level playing field
because everyone has to take the test it measures everyone equally
Why SAT is beneficial
Why the grading system is harmful
why the grading system is harmful
because the GPA is the most important thing about your application students only focus on grade and not properly learning
standardized testing is seen as an equalizer
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prioritizes conformity and rewards the best students
it has been seen that standardized testing had hinder students education and causes unnecessary stress
this grading system only provides extrinsic motivation and does not accurately test students