Some ways to make education more relevant to the students of today are presented and discussed in depth. (CK)

It was found that graders who are neat writers are biased by the neatness of an essay, and graders who are messy writers are not influenced by this factor of essay neatness." (Authors)

Fatuous "reasons and real reason are examined as they relate to curriculum and teaching. (Author)

After being trained in writing acceptable laboratory reports for 10 weeks during which all reports produced were graded, ninth grade students in an elective science course were as likely to complete all future reports when they were aware that only a random quarter of the reports would be graded as when all reports continued to be assessed. (AL)

Summarizes a survey of examination procedures for Honours science degrees in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Presents data on the range of grades awarded to a simple set of essay answers when marked by instructors in different universities. (EB)

Argues against emphasis on standard curriculum and makes suggestions for providing basis to increase heterogeneity of high level abilities of college students and for allowing highly talented but selectively developed students to gain appropriate training. (IR)

Students prefer a pass-fail system to letter grading. (IR)

The author reviews issues related to grading learning disabled students that may cause problems between special and regular education teachers. He suggests that too many regular teachers have confused and arbitrary grading policies and that a pass/fail approach may be a wiser alternative. (CL)

Describes a procedure in which students maintain daily records of the number of minutes available for typing per class and the number of usable lines of copy typed in that time. The method allows students to evaluate their own production work realistically. (SK)

Describes a system for grading student compositions that evaluates the central idea, support material, organization, expression, and literacy, as a supplement to written comments from the teacher. Contains a copy of the grade and comment sheet. (HTH)