Grading in education refers to the process of assigning a quantitative measurement to the level achievement of students.
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| Arguments in favor of | Arguments opposing |
| It provides a measure of achievement. | |
| Grading help to provide a measure to the level of achievement of the students at school. | Grading may shift the focus from the real achievement to the measured achievement. |
| It is a quantitative measure. | |
| Grading help to ease the comparisson of the level of achievement among different students. | Grading may simplify the comparison of the level of achievement to the comparison of grades. |
| It may be seen as the accepted measure of ahievement. | |
| Grading helps to provide a widely shared platform for measurement of achievement. | Grading may oversimplify the complex concept of achievement into a quatitative measure. |