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Why don't we get rid of grade levels? It would seem 50% of the students are continuously behind and probably suffering. A more humane approach would be to conti
by nerpderp82 4y ago
Why don't we get rid of grade levels? It would seem 50% of the students are continuously behind and probably suffering. A more humane approach would be to continue to teach the material at a level they can learn from until they get it, and or find new ways to teach it.
You see a bimodal distribution in technical subjects (reading and math are technical) where if you get behind, you will continue to get further behind. Catching up takes a 150% power output to even get back to parity if the rest of the non-lagging cohort continues to run ahead.
- threatofrain 4y agoPerhaps we might get rid of across-subject grade levels but thing that grade levels solve is limited supply of teachers and the coordination of materials and standards. Otherwise we'd live in a world where every child gets their own tutor and their own custom curriculum. Thus in some sense we should strive to have better grade levels, but we'll still have grade levels.