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← Teaching and grading are two different jobs, and doing both at once makes a person worse at teaching.

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Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Teaching and grading aretwo different jobs, anddoing both at once makes a… AM Adam Mastroianni — holds since 2023-05-16 Grading flattens whatever is taught into what can be tested, and teaches students to ignore everything else. Grading flattenswhatever is taught into… AM Adam Mastroianni — holds since 2023-05-16 Learning should be made harder rather than easier, and a teacher's instinct to smooth the path is the first thing that goes wrong. Learning should be madeharder rather than… AC Alan Castel — holds since 2026-07-13 Evaluation should be taken out of the classroom and given to people whose whole job it is. Evaluation should betaken out of the… AM Adam Mastroianni — holds since 2023-05-16 Needing grades to make students pay attention is evidence that the class is boring, not that students do not care about learning. Needing grades to makestudents pay attention… AM Adam Mastroianni — holds since 2023-05-16 The central defect of American schooling is that an eighth grader is delivered eighth-grade content by law, whatever he actually knows. The central defect ofAmerican schooling is… JL Joe Liemandt — holds since 2026-08-31 Whether a scientific idea was progress depends on a future and a culture that have not happened yet, so grading it may never be something you can reinforcement-learn. Whether a scientificidea was progress… TT Terence Tao — holds since 2026-03-20 A better school looks more like the old-fashioned schoolhouse than like project work; the more school resembles free play, the worse it gets. A better school looksmore like the… SY Scott H. Young — holds since 2026-05-27 Any teaching method that helps the weakest students also helps the strongest, so closing the gap between them is not something teaching can do. Any teaching methodthat helps the weakest… FD Freddie deBoer — holds since 2025-09-08
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