Ask HN: Should high schools have private report cards excluding grade inflation?
2•amichail•7mo ago
These private report cards would only be shown to students and their parents.
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duxup•7mo ago
I feel like there is a lot of backstory here that isn't included.
amichail•7mo ago
This would give you the best of both worlds: inflated grades for university applications and unscaled grades to help you determine your strengths and weaknesses.
uberman•7mo ago
No, there is already too many measures of student progress as it is. The system should be simplified not complicated with obfuscated test results. Besides, how would these obfuscated grades be tracked? Naviance? PowerSchool? does anyone think for a second that these providers would not resell this data in the end for a premium?
JohnFen•7mo ago
It would be pointless. The actual thing to do is get rid of grade inflation.
The reason it would be pointless is simple: anyone who cares about your grades will know that there's a more accurate report and simply demand to see that, ignoring the bogus one.
duxup•7mo ago
amichail•7mo ago