Standard Based Grading System - The Most Appropriate

Name Course Instructor Date Standard Based Grading System Student performance is an issue of concern not only to the learners but also to the educators and their parents. Different grading systems have been adopted that evaluate students and ensure that the students have the required competency and skills. The student evaluation through tests and exams has been given different approaches that aim at ensuring that the students achieve the necessary knowledge and skills at the end of their course. The traditional grading system and the standard grading system are among the few that have been subjected to endless debates on their ability to improve student performance. The standard based grading system has proven to be the most appropriate system that help students achieve learning goals and objectives through set standards in comparison to the traditional grading system. Unlike the traditional grading system that only summarizes the students’ performance and assigning a numerical number or a grade, the standard based grading system allows for feedback between the student and the teacher. Bell (n.p) notes that with the traditional grading system the students perform their assignments and do not bother to look at it when it comes back, they are only concerned to see the grade given by the teacher. The grade is assumed to be final and this makes no sense to the students on whether the educators give a positive or a negative feedback. With the standard based grading system the feedback between the teacher and the student is enhanced. In this system the grading is only provided based on specific standards ranging from satisfactory to less satisfactory. In this case the teachers give details of their feedback and relevant comments for improvement on the specifics that the student has not performed. With this feedback the student has to revise the paper to the satisfactory level so as to achieve specific objectives on each set question. In essence, the standard based system focuses on the level of understanding of the student rather than the overall grade that they receive. Potts looks at the contract based system which is similar to the standard based grading system and argues that with the system “students concentrate more on their performance and less on obtaining a grade, as there are no grades given during the course of the semester” (Potts, 33). With the system the students have to achieve the satisfactory level for them to improve their achievement. The system improves the revision process. For instance, students who had a specific problem will have to overcome the problem before they progress to the next learning level through practicing and revision on the problem through a practical approach in the exercises that...