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6. It’s a Small World after All

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© 2023 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

© 2023 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Introduction 1
  4. Part I: Grading, Rating, Ranking. Undermining Learning
  5. 1. How Grades Fail 19
  6. 2. This Is a Test 40
  7. 3. Your Permanent Record 56
  8. Part II. A World of Scores: How We Got Here and Why We’re Stuck
  9. 4. Tools of Necessity 81
  10. 5. The Culture of Assessment 113
  11. Part III: Sustaining Learning. False Starts and Future Prospects
  12. 6. It’s a Small World after All 137
  13. 7. Homegrown Experiments 160
  14. 8. Sustaining Learning 201
  15. Conclusion 239
  16. Notes 247
  17. Acknowledgments 271
  18. Index 273
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Introduction 1
  4. Part I: Grading, Rating, Ranking. Undermining Learning
  5. 1. How Grades Fail 19
  6. 2. This Is a Test 40
  7. 3. Your Permanent Record 56
  8. Part II. A World of Scores: How We Got Here and Why We’re Stuck
  9. 4. Tools of Necessity 81
  10. 5. The Culture of Assessment 113
  11. Part III: Sustaining Learning. False Starts and Future Prospects
  12. 6. It’s a Small World after All 137
  13. 7. Homegrown Experiments 160
  14. 8. Sustaining Learning 201
  15. Conclusion 239
  16. Notes 247
  17. Acknowledgments 271
  18. Index 273
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