Commentary: Letter grades don’t reflect students’ accomplishments

The grades students earn in school bear significant ramifications to their lives in the classroom and beyond. They determine whether students pass and earn credit for a course, matriculate to the next grade, graduate, earn admission to college and qualify for scholarships.High school graduation is linked to a person’s future earnings, health, possibility of incarceration and even life expectancy. In other words, this is a high-stakes issue.Despite the ubiquity of letter grades, they receiv