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Is It Time for a National Conversation About Eliminating Letter Grades?
From This Week with EdSurge · Hosted by Ira Apfel
April 2, 2024·43:10
Episode summary
In this episode of This Week with EdSurge: There’s a growing movement to drop letter grades in favor of new systems that focus on mastery of material rather than chasing points. But opponents worry about losing rigor. A new book hopes to start a national conversation about the issue.
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Original publisher description
There’s a growing movement to drop letter grades in favor of new systems that focus on mastery of material rather than chasing points. But opponents worry about losing rigor. A new book hopes to start a national conversation about the issue. More details and show notes at: https://www.edsurge.com/news/2024-04-02-is-it-time-for-a-national-conversation-about-eliminating-letter-grades