Grading Alternative

[James Robert Crow <jr1crow@mindspring.com>]

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>Hello Group:
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>Recently I was discussing Dr. Deming influence on education, and his
>outspoken opposition to grades with a lady at the local gym.  Her response
>was that in a technical school she attended about 20 years ago they did not
>have grades.  Instead they used the following criteria or method for
>determining the quality of the students work.
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>No Credit - You did not complete the course requirements.
>Credit - You completed the course requirements which were spelled out at
>the begining of the quarter.
>Extra Credit - Course requirements completed plus extra work.  What extra
>work was also spelled out.
>Advanced Credit - All of the above plus advanced work.  This was also
>specified at the beginning of the quarter.
>Comments?
>
>RC
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