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Michael Zwaagstra: So-called ‘Gradeless Learning’ Fails Both Students and Taxpayers

Michael Zwaagstra: So-called ‘Gradeless Learning’ Fails Both Students and Taxpayers
“Gradeless learning” has been around for decades and has been shown to be a failed educational theory, writes Michael Zwaagstra. Ground Picture/Shutterstock
Michael Zwaagstra
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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.

Michael Zwaagstra
Michael Zwaagstra
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Michael Zwaagstra is a public high school teacher and a senior fellow with the Fraser Institute. He is the author of “A Sage on the Stage: Common Sense Reflections on Teaching and Learning.”