Reviews traditional lecture courses in biology and chemistry which included daily quizzes which were repeatable. (SL)

Presents an engineering education grading scale, A to F, in terms of generally defined competencies. (SL)

Abandoning the case method, traditional grades, and the law review, the City University of New York's experimental law school uses an integrated curriculum and focuses on public interest law in its mission to serve the legally underserved in the United States. (MSE)

A survey was made of 99 students at a large university to determine how prevalent 10 grading practices were and how these practices were evaluated by students. Recommendations to improve communication of grading standards to students are offered based upon survey results. (Author/MT)

The marking, or grading, system used in Israel is discussed in terms of its history and current use. A standardized assessment instrument used as a practical biology matriculation test, the Practical Tests Assessment Inventory, is described. (LMO)

An effective school board policy on grading needs to include the following six components: (1) philosophy; (2) definition of terms; (3) line of responsibility; (4) legal review; (5) academic achievement and behavioral skills reported separately; and (6) policy review. (MLF)

Forty-five elementary school teachers participated in a study to determine aspects of how teachers evaluate students. Three aspects in particular were studied: references used to assign grades; procedures to combine evaluations of a student; and the process to determine promotion. Results are reported. (JL)

Claims the primary trait scoring method offers an efficient and effective way to grade student papers. Also suggests primary trait scoring can be useful for commenting on rough drafts, and for evaluating assignments throughout the business communication curriculum. (MS)

By modulating course requirements, effective classroom management is able to sustain respectable academic standards while making flexible concessions to student petitions. The author's name is a pseudonynm. (MLW)

This module describes a method for weighting various measures of student achievement, such as examinations and home assignments, in order to combine these measures into a final grade. Standard deviation methods receive extensive attention. (TJH)

Longitudinal case studies of seven teachers in grades three, four, and five were conducted to determine teachers' use of curriculum-embedded tests in elementary mathematics instruction. Results indicated that among the three ways tests are used (student placement, content decisions, and student evaluation), student placement provided the most…

To improve on cutoff scores based on absolute standards which may produce an unacceptable number of failures, a compromise is suggested. The compromise draws on the information in the observed score distribution to adjust the standard. Three compromise models developed by Hofstee, Beuk, and De Gruijter are compared. (Author/GDC)

This study examined the attitudes, knowledge bases, and practices of 20 cooperating teachers and 20 student teachers regarding evaluation of pupil progress. Teachers often wrestled with balancing district demands for grading with pupil needs for affirmation and guidance. The complexity of the process and implications for teacher educators are…

To determine whether the phenomenon of the lenient or easy grader exists in the setting of the clinical clerkship, the grading patterns during six consecutive years of faculty members in a department of medicine were examined. (MLW)

Points out the disadvantages of checkmark grading. States that many students will not be able to revise their work with the help of only a few symbols on their papers and that students will set their sights as low as the grading system lets them. (EL)