A,B,C,D & F – They don’t exist after all.
Mar 25th, 2010 by Zee
Class 20 which was about metrics and performance evaluation reminded me of my IB TOK presentation my partner and I did last year. Our topic was about “how accurate are the teachers at grading their students?” I had to say that it was one of the best things I did in high school!
I wouldn’t speak for everyone but I knew majority of my high school students have felt like they didn’t deserve the grade they got. So my partner and I took this opportunity to voice our feelings towards the grading system of IB. We did lots of research on all the grading criterions, student survey and types of tests (eg. Multiple choices, essays and short answer questions)
Overall, the conclusion of our presentation was that there’s never an accurate way of evaluating a person. We all are given a system to follow because there’s nothing else. Someone once said that “grade is just a tool in your life but what you have learned is the most important”.
The Thinker