The effects of penmanship, complexity and accuracy of prose, length of answers, and use of quotations on marks awarded by English literature examiners were studied. The sex of students and examiners, untidiness, and prose complexity and accuracy were unrelated to grades. The results suggested that examiners avoid crediting students for…

Recommends using numerical scores instead of letter grades with business students to increase motivation and promote understanding of their strengths and weaknesses. (AEA)

Students in colleges of education are usually not properly trained in ways to teach cooperation. More group assignments should be employed, as well as grading policies that encourage student interaction and help develop interpersonal skills. (Author/RW)

Argues that the evaluation of writing instruction requires special procedures and specially designed instruments. Provides instruments for evaluating a writing program's foundations, for developing teachers' awareness of the features of their writing classroom, and preparing questions and guidelines for evaluating writing assignments and teacher…

Reviews the research done on the evaluation of student compositions. (JL)

Provides a detailed description of an upper level college English course, including texts, assignments, grading, and method of administration. (AEA)

Two senior GCE examiners re-marked photocopies of the same 200 GCE examination scripts, half still containing the marks and comments of the original examiners and half with these markings removed. Removing previous markings made a considerable difference to the extent of agreement between these sets of marks. (Editor/SJL)

Takes issue with the opinions of K. Patricia Cross, as expressed in her article "Old Practices and New Purposes" (EJ 216 532), pointing to the positive effects of grading, group teaching, and a standard time-frame. (AYC)

Relationships between student attitudes and grade success are investigated, comparing contract and traditional grading approaches with preservice teachers. Factor analysis of student attitude questionnaires indicated two principal findings, both are discussed. (Author/GK)

Notes the advantages of "staff grading," a procedure for student evaluation that distinguishes the teacher as a helper from the person who evaluates students and supplies a measure of growth in writing. (RL)

Describes grading systems used in student publications production classes at several Texas high schools; includes a copy of the contract used in one contract grading system. (GT)

Data about a modified contract grading system in an introductory American politics course at the University of Wyoming are discussed. Three grade options are described from which students choose one and complete its requirements. (ND)

Lack of knowledge and interest in grading translates into a serious information breakdown in education. Reforming classroom assessment and grading practices will require educators' commitment to professional development, classroom-relevant training programs, help from professional organizations and testing experts, a coordinated vision,…

Competitive grading stresses judging over learning. Assigning competitive grades adversely affects teachers by turning them into students' opponents, justifying inadequate teaching methods, trivializing course content, encouraging evaluation methods that misdirect and inhibit student learning, and rewarding teachers for punishing students. High…

Rejects grading student journals. Describes various approaches to journal writing evaluation the author used with her students and approaches used by her professors when she returned to school. Questions the educational process of grading student journals. Discusses how to create real dialog. (RS)