Discussion keeps the world turning.
Hello, welcome to Roundtable,
where we serve up piping hot debates on the issues that sizzle in China and beyond.
I'm Niu Helin.
If grades disappeared tomorrow, would students stop learning or start learning differently?
That question is no longer theoretical.
From Chinese primary schools to American college classrooms,
teachers and policy makers are actively experimenting with what happens when exams lose their central role.
Today, Roundtable invites you to discuss If we stop measuring performance,
will the experience of learning itself improve?
For this episode, I'm joined by Yu Shen and Steve Hallerly.
Now grab your virtual compass and follow us to the heart of the discussion.
Education authorities in China are tightening restrictions on routine exams,
limiting rankings and removing written tests for younger students,
part of a broader effort to reduce academic pressure and refocus schools on holistic development.
Meanwhile, in classrooms across the United States and other countries,
educators are independently questioning whether traditional grades do serve learning at all.
Together, these shifts point to a global rethinking of how success says in education is defined.
Let's start with the news here in China, the new policy,
exactly what they are about, and what are our views towards these?