Commentary
School is back in session, and it won’t be long before students start writing unit tests, which teachers will mark and hand back with a grade.
However, this won’t happen in at least one Hamilton high school because earlier this month parents received a two-page letter informing them that their children’s school was participating in a “gradeless learning” trial. While teachers will still provide verbal feedback to students, teachers won’t put letter grades or percentages on student tests and assignments.
The letter to parents also states that Grade 12 students in the experiment will be “their own assessors” and that they must “discern their own achievement with the guidance of the teacher.”…