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2026-04-24 02:55 UTC
@deFractal@infosec.exchange mastery education is still grading: you display mastery or you don't.
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@deFractal@infosec.exchange 2026-04-24 03:00
@nxskok@cupoftea.social Mastery-based education is only "still grading" if you redefine "grading" to make your claim a tautology. Rather than being a serial variable (0% – 100%), it becomes a constant (always 100%). There is no "or you don't" unless the learner decides to give up: there is only "mastered" or "not yet." If the learner gives up, that result is not assigned by the teacher; it is just where the student chose to leave off, unless and until they decide to resume. But that violates the standard definition and defeats the sociopolitical purpose of grades.