I have seen this same phenomena occurring in my classroom. I am sure that the increased stress level for everyone may account for some of these repeated mistakes and I take that into account. I think the philosophy this year has been that we are just trying to survive. I do wonder how this will impact future educational goals though.

This is so wonderful for students of all ages!!

I feel the same way as you state here. I never thought of placing the grade somewhere else and not the usual area. I also read about students placing their number given out at the start of the year instead of name and having their peers give feedback along with the teacher before even giving a grade. It is time consuming but also needed for students to learn from I feel. It is not all about the grade as it seems we have made education through these years.