The Two Way Street Of Grading

Schools are the places where the children shape their personalities and behavior.A School is also a special place where small kids and even teenagers meet people from all different situations, backgrounds and all walks of life.A school is a place where kids get to determine their future and what they want to do in life.Kids will be thrown into a mix of people they don't know and have to work together.This is good for them because it sets them up for the future when they have to deal with people from the real world.

Then again kids should not be able to give teachers grades because, kids could abuse the fact, for example on nea Today the author claims, “one day a teacher is loved and the next day the teacher is hated due

Besides all the good stuff, a lot of people doubt that students grading teachers will have positive results. Many educators believe that students are far too immature to handle the responsibility of critiquing a professional. One author (referring to students) states, “They may like or dislike their teachers depending upon the amount of homework he/she gives, the easiness of his tests, the leniency of the marking, their appearance, temper and such other things that appeal to the students” (Gupta, 2010, para. 4). Teachers are afraid of these biased opinions. Some even doubt the mindset of college students. The main issue that is raised is whether or not students can handle the fact that

Ever since then standardized testing has been a huge part of education. Teachers across the nation had to teach to the curriculum instead of what they thought the students needed to learn. Nowadays colleges strictly look at ACT and SAT scores rather than classroom grades, because they believe that some teachers grade on a curve and are not giving the students a fair chance. Standardized tests are an unreliable measure of student performance. A 2001 study published by the Brookings Institution found that 50-80% of year-over-year tests core improvements were temporary and “caused by fluctuations that had nothing to do with long-term changes in learning…”(“Standardized Tests”). Teachers are stressed over if they are teaching “correctly”. They went to a 4-year college, some even more, to get a degree in something that they wanted to do, either for themselves or for the children, and now they have to “teach to the test”. Tests can only measure a portion of the goals of education. A pschometrician, Daniel Koretz says, “standardized tests usually do not provide a direct and complete measure of educational achievement.”(Harris, Harris, and Smith).

Do you think that teachers should make an effort to make sure that other teachers of the same subject are grading/teaching

Holding educators to student performances on standardized tests is a current trend being utilized by state and local school boards, but the standards to which teachers are being held are vague and leave teachers lost on how to improve their craft. In 2013, the Bill and Melissa Gates Foundation funded a study of current teacher practices in order to identify effective strategies linked to increased student achievement. The data obtained from the study lead to discussions surrounding the current teacher evaluation process. Those discussions have led to a realization that evaluations tied to specific teacher feedback appeared to have greater impact on teacher improvement and as a result, increased student achievement (Goodwin & Hein, 2016). In the search for any artifacts involving the formalization of teacher evaluations, one article provided a guideline which state and local educational governing bodies could use when creating evaluation criteria for teachers. According to the findings cited in the article, “developing a comprehensive teacher evaluation system is far from straight forward [and] policymakers should make every effort to ensure teachers are being evaluated fairly and accurately” (Hull,

The current academic grading system is helpful in student performance. The main reason the opposition disagrees with my point of view is simply that they believe the system has unfair limits and is not easily understood by everyone. The opposition argues that,“the grading scale is easy to manipulate because it is often subjective in nature.” (Meador) They argue this because, every teacher has a different teaching style and ways of grading. For example, during high school chemistry, my teacher required that we explain our solving process on each

States are using students’ standardized test score to evaluate teachers even though the exams were never intended to serve this purpose and the results are not a reliable indicator of a teacher’s ability to teach. Students are no longer using critical thinking skills, but are resorting to just memorizing things deemed important. Also, most teachers are now teaching to the test. Though most educators would agree, teaching to the test is wrong because it “devitalizes the validity of score based

Where were you four years ago? Four years is a pretty long time, and most teachers spend that much time in college. After graduating, teachers go back to school to teach kids and to grade them. Many people are beginning to wonder if students should grade their teachers. But I believe that unless the students have spent four years in college as well, they shouldn’t have the right to grade their teacher.

​I strongly believe that all teachers should be evaluated fairly. An evaluation is an important tool used both by administration and teachers to identify areas of strength and weakness and determine ways to increase effective instructional practice in the classroom. However, I do not believe that teachers’ pay and positions should be based on the performance of their students on standardized tests. Thinking back to the days when it came time for standardized testing, I knew that I would not do well. I never tested well no matter how hard I tried. I consistently received high scores on papers I wrote and did well on assignments, but my standardized test scores produced much different results. My sister, on the other hand was just the opposite. The teachers were not at fault because I did not test well and I do not blame them when I scored poorly.

The argument that's brought up more often then not concerning the subject is the, "wouldn't it be fair" argument. This argument states that students should be able to rate their teachers because it lowers the chance that students will be taken advantage of. It forces teachers and professors alike to perform at the top of their capabilities and provide a fair learning environment for their students. One where the students will be punished for their wrong doings and so will teachers. It keeps things fair

One Sturgeon Bay High School teacher by the name of Nicole Herbst, works as an educator in the art department, and was open to give her opinion on student-teacher evaluation as well as her concerns. Mrs. Herbst, like many others, brought up the worry of students not taking the assessment seriously. However, she acknowledged and supported the idea, that if the examination was done in the right way, it would be valuable. When asked, should high school students be able to evaluate their teachers? Mrs. Herbst answered with, “Yes, they should be allowed to, but as long as it is set up with different questions, criteria, and the teachers are given the rubric first, that's what we did with college professors. That way, it is fair for the students to think about different areas to score them on, as well as to show what strengths and weaknesses there could be in order for the teacher to get feedback on what could be working or what is confusing with their teaching style. Also, if the teachers know what they are getting graded on, like we should offer for the students, it helps to know what the teachers should professionally focus on more. It helps if the grading is in a survey style and rating system with areas to offer specific comments versus just one flat grade in order to truly be effective.” Her

The grading system was made, for student to pass or fail. This, of course, is absurd. What we need is a system that do not judge a student work. Put your all in your work just to see a teacher put a failing grade on your work. When student fail some dropout of school, and become another negative static. How would you feel if someone you knew personnel, dropout school because they felt like was just getting harder everyday? Do you want to see your students succeed, and become successful?

Many people learn many different ways. I feel that it is better to grade people off of the standard grading scale. We have used it for many decades, so why change it now? Three reasons why we should keep the grading scale the same are everyone is used to tests, quizzes, and worksheets, I feel that people learn better if you do not make them do half of the work at home, and one should not be forced to present a project in the middle of a room full of people.

Though I understand that teachers believe they are helping children develop themselves into being active in their grading process, I am against the standardized grading process. I believe we need to go back to the standard percentage grades. The standardized grading process does not allow for fair and consistent grading. It does not allow for parents to easily follow their children’s success and short comings in their learning development. It also sets them up for failure when entering the standard percentage usage used in higher educations.