1. "Most decisions we make in our personal and professional lives are more like the problematic ones we wrestle with in English and writing classes: they're not as clear-cut as the answers on maths test" (154). How should a teacher relay this to an aggrieved student?
2. Do you agree that assessment should be more about evaluation than ranking? If you do, why?
Regarding your second question, I do agree with the idea that assessment should be more concerned with evaluation than ranking. The evaluation is what leads a student to grow into a better writer. That’s where the personal growth and discovery is encouraged. Ranking very often seems arbitrary, and it makes students focus too much on how they’re doing in relation to their peers and to other outside forces. Progress is ultimately a personal thing, and receiving good feedback on your work will do so much more to aid you than ranking-obsessed classrooms and grading scales.
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