What is the main point of the passage?
Research on classroom feedback suggests that a mark alone teaches a student little. A score tells a student where they stand, but not what to do next. By contrast, a short comment that names one strength and one specific step for improvement gives the student something to act on. Teachers who give both a mark and a comment often find that students read only the mark and ignore the comment. For this reason, some schools now return work with comments first and release the marks only after students have responded to them.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. Comments that guide the next step are more useful to students than marks alone
- Step 1: The passage contrasts a bare mark with a specific comment. Step 2. It concludes that comments guiding the next step are more useful. Answer: Comments that guide the next step are more useful than marks alone. Why not the others: The passage does not say marks upset students or that comments are too long, and it names no strong schools.
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