Should students be evaluated on the basis of marks or grades?

Question

if students are evaluated on the basis of marks ,there is a scope for the child's improvement. Even a 0.01 % can make a difference in ranking and students will get admission in educational institutions on the basis of merit.

If the grading system is present ,for example if a student got grade A , he thinks that it is enough and do not improves .Moreover, grading system does not show a students talent..

Answer 1

obviously i think a student should be evaluated on the basis of marks bcause even a mark can make a difference and ranking can be made easy

Answer 2

choose marks if you get an elite class of hardworking students willing to fight it out for the 0.01% to be top in class

choose grades if you're a compassionate teacher, teaching a class of slackers who just want to pass, so that a greater number of them will get a pass grade on their report cards.

please note i'm a student.

Answer 3

basis of marks is much more better to determine improvement..

by only using a letter, such as A, you are putting them into a very large group with considerable range of abilities.

Answer 4

to be honest i dont like either. The trouble with a grade is once a student had read the grade they wont  read any other comments the teacher had made(especially if it is low). If improved learining is your goal avoid putting grades on studnents work unless you reallly have to ie for summative purposes.

Marks are no better for the same reason but also they do not mean anything. 68% for an essay tells me nothing. All it does is tell me it is not as good as 69% but better than 67%, useless information!!! especially when you consider the subjective nature of marking certain skills.

Comments on the studnets work are by far the best way of giving feedback and feedforward and will have a huge effect on improved learing. Avoid grades and marks untill you are forced to perhaps at the end of theyear and even then if you can get away with descripors of what the student can do this is better for reportign puposes.

Answer 5

That depends on how easily you grade.  If As are rare, then most students still see a need to improve.  If you give everyone an A, then I would agree with you.  The problem with marks is that the basis of difference between an 86 and an 87 is likely to be statistically insignificant, especially if what is being graded is subjective material, such as essays.  It is likely that the student with the 87 would feel superior to the one with an 86, and that the student with an 86 would feel cheated out of a point.  By using the broader grades, we are being more realistic in our marking.  I can explain the difference between an essay which received an A and one which received a B (or even an A-).  I can't explain logically the difference between one which received a 87 and one which received an 86.

Answer 6

A basis of marks is a lot better than grades. There were so many times that I got a 97, which is really close to an A+, but is still an A. Grading on the basis of grades is making a 97 the same as a 92.