Grading

Evaluation of the knowledge acquired by a student is as important as education itself. Grading is a process that helps to evaluate the proficiency of a student. Ranging from A to F or from 0 to 10, grading is the method followed by today’s schools to identify the calibre of different students.

There are many advantages of grading, first being the ease in assessing a child’s performance. Grading helps a parent or a teacher understand how a child is doing in studies. It gives a clearer perspective than marks, as the grades directly portray how the child has performed in exams. Keeping a record of the grades obtained by a student over the years helps in understanding the learning progress of the student. Another advantage of grading is that it motivates students to achieve good grades and do better in each exam.

The downside of grading is that it shadows a child from divergent thinking. Students tend to learn only by keeping exams in mind and not indulge in intellectual expansion.