Completing Quote by Alfie Kohn

The greatest reward for a student is not a good grade. It is the willingness of his teacher to listen to him.

— Nikolay Konstantinov

If faculty would relax their emphasis on grades, this might serve not to lower standards but to encourage an orientation toward learning.

— Alfie Kohn

“a grade can be regarded only as an inadequate report of an inaccurate judgment by a biased and variable judge of the extent to…

— Alfie Kohn

I abhor grades - if a child does his best, that's all that should be asked.

— Richard Dawson

I cannot say that I was a particularly diligent student, especially during the lower grades.

— Koichi Tanaka

Underestimating grades has serious consequences for a student's choice of university, and their future.

— Angela Rayner

“The more we want our children to be (1) lifelong learners, genuinely excited about words and numbers and ideas, (2) avoid sticking with what’s…

— Alfie Kohn

It's good to get good marks, but some students take it on their heart when they score less in future. But the average student,…

— Sangram Singh

The pressure to give A grades is intense. It comes from the students and increasingly from their parents as well.

— Jon Appleton

Academic achievement was something I'd always sought as a form of reward. Good grades pleased my parents, good grades pleased my teachers; you got…

— Caroline Knapp

I go to a school where the students are higher than their grades.

— Alisa Gattus

The more important argument against grade curves is that they create an atmosphere that's toxic by pitting students against one another. At best, it…

— Adam Grant