“The proposal calls for students to progress according to their individual achievement, not their age, which privileges relative over absolute learning.” - just wondering what you mean by relative over absolute learning?
Sure, Ben. By absolute I mean the kind of learning that happens just from being in class year on year. We tend to measure relative learning, as in relative to others, more often. So by giving a grade and an average or even reporting on rank. With absolute learning we know that students (the large majority) will be able to know and do more by next year regardless of their rank or their learning in relation to their peers.
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“The proposal calls for students to progress according to their individual achievement, not their age, which privileges relative over absolute learning.” - just wondering what you mean by relative over absolute learning?
Sure, Ben. By absolute I mean the kind of learning that happens just from being in class year on year. We tend to measure relative learning, as in relative to others, more often. So by giving a grade and an average or even reporting on rank. With absolute learning we know that students (the large majority) will be able to know and do more by next year regardless of their rank or their learning in relation to their peers.