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There’s also an incentive issue of whether students will actually work and learn if there are no grades. I struggle with raising children. Post-Covid the gradi

There’s also an incentive issue of whether students will actually work and learn if there are no grades. I struggle with raising children. Post-Covid the grading system is really weird with lots of things not being graded or allowing infinite retakes. My kids frequently say “I’m not doing that, it isn’t graded.” Even though it’s practice or homework for grades things. If the entire freshman year isn’t graded, will students choose to do assignments? Will they actually learn and be ready for future study? How will they self-assess? This seems like a nice idea that will incentivize not learning and instead lead students to prioritize many other things that are interesting freshman year.

dotnet00 3y ago
>My kids frequently say “I’m not doing that, it isn’t graded.” Even though it’s practice or homework for grades things. To be fair, depending on how old your kids are, that isn't too bad. Knowing when to take a break/prioritize and skip an assignment is also a skill. Even pre-covid, it was common at my uni for classes to allow 2-3 skipped assignments per semester with no penalty. Used to be really convenient when needing to focus on something else, like an exam/project for another class. It was a much more healthier learning arrangement than in highschool where it was normal to get assigned a bunch of homework from all classes simulateneously with no real flexibility.