How does grading help?

There are probably many reasons why grades encourage students to learn the material. One reaon that grades encourage students of pretty much any age to learn because it gives them an incentive. Most students will not do things that they find unpleasant or boring to get nothing in return. So in order to get students to do things like memorize the Periodic Table of elements, read literature, or learn French II vocabulary, teachers grade students on how well they do it. When you think about, it is kind of like how little children will try to do well on their spelling test so that they can get a piece of candy. But just giving out candy might not work with older students. So grades are given. For an older student, what grades they get can influence a lot of things: priveleges their parents get them, what colleges will accept them, being elgible for sport teams, and more.