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"Equity" is a hot-button word, but it really just amounts to a general change in how grading is done: > "The goal is to lower the impact of things that “fluff”
by FredPret 3y ago
"Equity" is a hot-button word, but it really just amounts to a general change in how grading is done:
> "The goal is to lower the impact of things that “fluff” grades – extra credit, class participation and homework – while also making it easier for lower-performing students to bounce back from failing."
The other change is
> "remove the practice of awarding zero points for assignments as long as they were “reasonably attempted.”"
Unless this leads to many more kids passing when they should be failing, or kids who would've gotten an A slack off, it seems like a tempest in a teacup
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- bitshiftfaced 3y agoThe author says, "suddenly, in some classes, A’s are almost unachievable, unless you score 100%. And F’s don’t exist." Why would that happen if this was only about "fluff" and "no zeroes"?
- uvnq 3y agoMotte and bailey tactic? I.e., when challenged, defenders of concept assert the safer, easy to defend definition In reality the actual meaning of the concept is practiced A lot of the time though, people are pretty innocent and just don't know that there is literature behind these things. They just think equity always means some ideal they hold in their heads. And they'll see egregious examples of it being exercised and think "that's not real equity!" when in reality, it is, and "real equity" is not defined by their understanding of it, but by some academic literature that ultimately guides the implementation/practice at the high levels.