For
It motivates students to work harder.
Against
It creates stress, shame, and unhealthy competition.
Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.
“I think that encourages students to be better and to strive to be in the top rankings.”
“my high school physics teacher posted around marks in his class via our student ID and it motivated me to do better.”
“That would have the opposite effect of motivating and be incredibly demoralizing.”
“Grades and tests, class rankings, etc... are not accurate predictors of success.”