Discusses why white professors may misassess black students through guilt, fear, disinterest, or inaccurate testing. (Editor/PG)

Eight public examiners in English from the Western Australian Tertiary Admissions Examination marking panel and 103 final-year student teachers graded essays that were experimentally controlled for voice and diction. Control of these independent variables was achieved by providing four rewritten versions of the secondary student essays, each…

This statement outlines the academic policies of the City Colleges of Chicago. Part I outlines the Institution's academic standards, covering: (1) student class attendance; (2) the grading system; (3) mid-term grades; (4) the use of non-grade designations; i.e., administrative initiated withdrawal, auditor, no-show withdrawal, incomplete, and…

Discusses the problems of grading, including the estimation by students of their own performance level. (Editor/PG)

A system that broadens the base of the standard used in grading and at the same time reduces variability within that standard is proposed. (Editor/PG)

An investigation into the marking of physics examination papers containing a high proportion of derivations and manipulations of formulas is reported. Results showed a high consistency in marking among the six examiners who scored the papers. (DT)

If pass/fail and other nontraditional grading systems are to remain a part of the academic process, other evaluative methods must be adopted (professional recommendations and comprehensive exams) so that students are not short-changed when applying for entry into the marketplace or further education. (Author PG)

The problem of the study was to compare the relationship of the grade contract and traditional grading methods to changes in knowledge and attitude during a venereal disease instructional unit. (Author)

Some theoretical issues relevant to grading and the transforming of test scores are considered in this paper, and a comparison is made of two methods of scaling which use moderator variables. (Author)

The educational and statistical validity of grading schemes is often open to question when multiple evaluation techniques are used. A method of scaling is proposed and discussed in relation to normal scores. (SD)

FROM INFORMATION OBTAINED BY QUESTIONNAIRES FROM 20 OF 25 PROVOSTS OR ACADEMIC VICE-PRESIDENTS, THIS SURVEY REPORT OUTLINES MAIN FEATURES OF THE PASS-FAIL OPTION AS OFFERED AT NINE COLLEGES OR UNIVERSITIES AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH SUCH AN OPTION IS BEING CONSIDERED BY OTHER SCHOOLS. WHILE CONSIDERABLE VARIATION IN SPECIFIC PASS-FAIL PROGRAMS IS…

THIS PAPER PRESENTS A CASE FOR MAKING JUNIOR COLLEGE GRADING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES COMPATIBLE WITH THE STATED PURPOSES OF THE JUNIOR COLLEGE. IT LISTS SOME HISTORIC AND PERSONAL PHILOSOPHIC ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING PURPOSES. THE INCOMPATIBILITY OF THE GRADING PRACTICES WITH THESE PURPOSES IS REVIEWED THROUGH SOME STUDIES MADE AT GROSSMONT COLLEGE,…

In a contract grading system, the instructor defines the performance required for each grade, the student defines the performance level to which he or she will work, and signs a contract in which the instructor is committed to awarding this predetermined grade if the student attains the appropriate performance level. This paper is based on a…