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I recently learnt on HN that some countries don't publish grades to ALL students at once and still can't think why. It's such an amazing gift to be able to see
by vasco 3y ago
I recently learnt on HN that some countries don't publish grades to ALL students at once and still can't think why. It's such an amazing gift to be able to see how much everyone got and the academic competition in its most pure form, while removing some awkwardness of getting results of your work (good or bad) early in your life.
People are too focused on hiding results because someone might feel bad.
- armchairhacker 3y agoMost classes. publish grade distributions, so you know if you were in the top or bottom 10%. Or at least the mean, median, highest, and lowest. But you don’t get the grades of individuals.
- kube-system 3y agoWhile things like FERPA broadly protect most student information in the US, it doesn't exist so that people don't feel bad about their test scores. It limits schools and their staff to using student data for legitimate academic purposes and prohibits other uses that could be bad. That data goes beyond just test scores and could be things related to the students health, social life, behavior, etc. This kind of data doesn't need to shared with anyone that doesn't need to know it.