Teaching Without Grades

I like this movement because on of the students described in the article talks about how they are able to focus on the assignment instread of worrying about the grade. I feel this could motivate students to do their best work and really focus of the assignement given to them. I personally like this because sometimes I feel I can put a lot of effort into something, and even do it the correct way but jsut dont get a good grade on it. Testing rarely shows a students true ability and also tends to cause stress and anxiety not only to the student but the family and teachers. I am happy to see a movement like this going on today, so that in the future, maybe schools will turn more away from testing, or find a better way to test students abilities. Tests don't recognize different students and individual learning processes, slong with their different talents and abilities. Every student has a talent, one may not be math, but this does not mean that the student does not work extreamly hard to uinderstand the concept. The student may get testing anxiety, that I hvae stuggled with growing up, where you are positive you know something but while tkaing the test just get overwhelmed and forget everything. Test taking itself is a skill that not all possess and can be hard to learn. This is why I support the teaching wihtout grades movement.