At the end of the day it's a movement to get rid of objective standards of education. While the article points out good reasons why grading is flawed, it comple

At the end of the day it's a movement to get rid of objective standards of education. While the article points out good reasons why grading is flawed, it completely fails to take in to account how bad the alternative is. Evaluating achievement based on subjective considerations, means that actual levels of knowledge is no longer important. This is objectively absurd for numerous reasons. Most tellingly is that, from what in can see, mathematics is a particular target for those calling for educational reform. In fact the sources quoted in the article disregard the imparting of knowledge to students as the primary goal of university. Rather they say it's to foster learning. While this is a nice ideal to have, it's simply not true. So what's really going on? While the article uses carefully couched phrases, reading between the lines i think the actual motivation is the drive towards "equality". These misguided social reformers are responding to a disparity in educational outcome, not by improving the quality of the education, but by manipulating the results so that everyone is now "equal".