Does A Child Benefit From A System That Does Not Have Marks, Grades Or Any Form Of Assessment?
Posted by Kesang Menezes who is a facilitator at Parenting Matters and mother of two girls aged 11 and 15.
Let me start by telling you that I am neither an educationist, nor someone who has conducted research on this topic. I am simply a parent sharing with you my personal experiences of observing my children grow up in a school environment without tests, exams or grades.
In the beginning, I definitely resisted it. “What is the harm in giving the children an occasional test just to see what they know and do not know?” I argued with the principal of the school. But she was adamantly against it. She said, ‘As a teacher I do not need tests. Every day I am interacting with my students and I know where each of them stands and what help they need. “