Competition for high grades seriously limits the quality of learning at all levels of education.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.
The grading system has been around for years. It is used to measure knowledge of the students, however the argument
surrounding the education system is focused around the competition of high grades leading to the diminishing quality of learning. Starting as early as pre-school, children’s knowledge is assessed. Can a student write their ABCs, or count to ten. In second and third grade, the child may have to begin reading chapter books and answering follow-up questions. In fifth grade some students are tested on their multiplication tables. Fast forward to middle school where students are tested in geography, basic algebra, science questions and high school tests chemistry concepts, essay clarity, and statistics.
In general, it would be hard to eliminate grades and testing. From a teacher’s standpoint there is no other way to assess where each student is without testing. Testing is used to help a teacher understand where their students are excelling and where they may need extra assistance. High grades on those tests assure both the student and professor that they are succeeding in academics.
Some would argue that if teachers focus too much on high grades the quality of learning is being compromised because their focus is not on the students. Some students flourish in the academic setting. High grades come easily, but for others, high grades seem far out of reach. Some students that struggle achieving high grades may still be successful, so teachers should focus on improving the quality of education so each child can learn to their maximum capability. Grading can also be subjective, especially in subjects such as writing. In math there is a right and wrong answer, but even between teachers there are many differences. Some teachers make it easier to achieve high grades by asking easier questions on tests. When students succeed it looks better for the professor as well. With this in mind, high grades competitions are unfair and diminish the quality of education, but the competition between teachers and students also may motivate for success.
Overall, there are many negatives to the grading system, however it is still hard to eliminate the grading system. Instead of focusing on the competition of high grades, both students and teachers should focus on high quality of learning, which is easier said than done, but for all levels of education high grades suggest success, which all students deserve. The competition of high grades motivates many student and teachers for success.
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...dents also may motivate for success. Overall, there are many negatives to the...
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...he competition of high grades motivates many student and teachers for success.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, however, if, look, may, second, so, still, third, well, in general, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 23.0 19.5258426966 118% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 12.0 12.4196629213 97% => OK
Conjunction : 17.0 14.8657303371 114% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 11.3162921348 88% => OK
Pronoun: 17.0 33.0505617978 51% => OK
Preposition: 50.0 58.6224719101 85% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 12.9106741573 93% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2134.0 2235.4752809 95% => OK
No of words: 407.0 442.535393258 92% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.24324324324 5.05705443957 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.49157444576 4.55969084622 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.69227382597 2.79657885939 96% => OK
Unique words: 200.0 215.323595506 93% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.4914004914 0.4932671777 100% => OK
syllable_count: 635.4 704.065955056 90% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 6.24550561798 32% => OK
Article: 3.0 4.99550561798 60% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 3.10617977528 32% => OK
Conjunction: 6.0 1.77640449438 338% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 7.0 4.38483146067 160% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 23.0 20.2370786517 114% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 23.0359550562 74% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 53.9374068373 60.3974514979 89% => OK
Chars per sentence: 92.7826086957 118.986275619 78% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.6956521739 23.4991977007 75% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.73913043478 5.21951772744 72% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 7.0 7.80617977528 90% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 10.2758426966 107% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 5.13820224719 97% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.83258426966 145% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.176103618557 0.243740707755 72% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0590100598247 0.0831039109588 71% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0624627517676 0.0758088955206 82% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.107835124703 0.150359130593 72% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0704314290147 0.0667264976115 106% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.1 14.1392134831 86% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 54.22 48.8420337079 111% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 12.1743820225 81% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.82 12.1639044944 105% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.13 8.38706741573 97% => OK
difficult_words: 94.0 100.480337079 94% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.0 11.8971910112 59% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 8.8 11.2143820225 78% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.