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The mark of failure is not a ranking mark but an indication that a student should not proceed without repeating the subject

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This claim: no standardized effect is recorded in observations/ for it yet, so no benchmark reading is possible.

q1 i? The failure mark differs in kind from ranking marks: it signals that the student would better not proceed along a line of work without repeating the subject. → Kohl 1911

Evidence

Kohl 1911

Kohl, C. C., & Hughes, P. (1911). Communications and discussions. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://eric.ed.gov/?q=Journal+of+Educational+Psychology

q1 · i? · theoretical · r1

Conceptual argument from Hughes's communication on college marking systems, offered without empirical data. The article argues that "the mark of failure is not a ranking mark" and therefore the ideal number of failures must always be just none at all, unlike ranking marks whose percentages follow a standard.

"the mark of failure is not a ranking mark; it indicates that the student would better not proceed along a certain line of work without repeating the subject in which he has failed"

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title The mark of failure is not a ranking mark but an indication that a student should not proceed without repeating the subject
description The mark of failure is not a ranking mark but an indication that a student should not proceed without repeating the subject
status review
evidence_strength weak
newest_evidence 1911
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