Assessing performance without tests and grades?

The bold changes made to our education system seem to be a hasty one as they are to be implemented in 3 months’ time. Other urgent policies’ changes are not implemented as fast. 

Anyway, most students are now jumping for joy as there would be no more examinations for some! 

When I was still in school, I tried to convince my parents to look beyond my grades. I told them exam results written in blue ink didn’t really mean good and those printed in red-ink didn’t mean really bad. My parents were not so savvy yet they had never believed what I told them. So I always had that fear when I need to get their signatures on my report book when it was filled with red-marks. The good thing was, my parents had never lectured or asked me to explain my poor performance in school. I never need to attend tuition classes & continued to play more than study.

 

Today’s children are not so fortunate. Many pressure themselves or by their parents to do well in their studies to get good grades. Can today’s savvy parents accept these changes in our education system and look beyond the grades of their child’s progress?

I seriously doubt so!