Natalie Riediger, Darja Barr and Anna Stokke:
As university professors and parents, we were pleased to hear that Manitoba Education has reinstated percentage reporting when assessing high school students rather than vague terms, such as “emerging.” And consequently, we were disappointed, but not surprised, to read John Wiens’ Think Tank op-ed — Grading by percentage is failing our students, May 7 — critiquing the use of percentage grades.
