More than a GPA: Inside the movement to end letter grades in Jewish education
A movement is emerging within Jewish education to replace traditional letter grades with assessments focused on student proficiency and progress. The Oakland Hebrew Day School is one of the institutions leading this change. This shift aims to provide a more holistic approach to evaluating student performance.
- ▪The Oakland Hebrew Day School is part of a growing trend to abandon letter grades.
- ▪The new assessment method focuses on student proficiency and progress.
- ▪This movement seeks to create a more holistic evaluation system in education.
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More than a GPA: Inside the movement to end letter grades in Jewish educationOakland Hebrew Day School is part of a small but growing educational movement to abandon traditional letter or number grades, switching instead to assessments of student proficiency and progress.Follow us on Google High school students take their mathematics matriculation examination (Bagrut), in at a high school in Rishon Lezion, on May 20, 2019.(photo credit: FLASH90)
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