School Grades—To What Type of Distribution Shall They Conform?

1912/09/27 by A. P. Weiss · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #School Choice and Performance

paper · doi:10.1126/science.36.926.403

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• I don't think we can ever "effectively assess" knowledge, so I gave up. "Until a system of absolute mental units has been invented, it is futile to try to make grades represent absolute accomplishmen [bsky, 1 points, 1 comments]

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