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Which people in particular do you think are consciously optimizing for this?
Almost anyone defending the usefulness of grades, to start with; e.g. recent ministers for education in my country. Any number of teachers I know. Typical example: not getting full marks on a math exam because of "sloppy presentation", such as forgetting to write in the day's date.
Note I didn't claim it was conscious; you can cling to something desperately and never admit it even to yourself.
To what extent do you think that it is conscious?
Your first example sounds like status quo bias. I cannot tell what causes your second example (and I notice that I am confused). What do you think causes teachers to act like this?