RESOLUTION 29
A RESOLUTION TO BE ENTITLED
Short Title: Competitive Grading Elimination Act
(Public)
Sponsored
by: Senator HINTON
First Reading: August 25, 2004 Version Date: August 17, 2004
Referred
to:
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WHEREAS, competitive-style grading has been and is
currently being used as a student assessment method at North Carolina State
University; and,
WHEREAS, specific examples occurred in the spring
semester of 2004 physical education classes such as beginning tennis and
racquetball where competitive-style grading was implemented to assess student
ability; and,
WHEREAS, a grading system that does not allow every
student the opportunity to attain the highest level of achievement is unfair
and invalid; and,
WHEREAS, a grading system that encourages competition between
students detracts from the primary educational foci of student learning and
individual achievement; and,
WHEREAS, competitive-style assessments should only be used within
the realm of standardized testing where the objective of the test is to rank
students in order of mastery; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED, by
the North Carolina State University Student Senate that: the Provost is
strongly encouraged to enforce that the competitive-style grading system shall
not be used in any university class and that the department head within each
college shall be responsible for ensuring that assessments are not in violation
of this rule.