State and community colleges should widen their admissions and remedial policies to admit the deprived minority, rather than force the lowering of academic standards of intellectually excellent institutions and deprive the eminent scholars and students of the stimulating educational experience they need. (IR)

Tested academic achievement can no longer be the sole means of advancement or privilege. (IR)

Improvement of students' writing requires consistency of expectation among faculty in all departments and throughout the curriculum. This includes helping students see the purpose and benefits of clear writing, and establishing standards for evaluating written work. (MSE)

Describes computer grading system providing/storing scores and giving feedback to instructors on how students are performing on a day-to-day basis and how they are handling course concepts. Focuses on the hardware and software of this efficient computerized grading package, which can be used with classes of 250 students (or larger). (Author/JN)

Difficulties inherent in grading individual student projects are highlighted in a study of five teachers' differential grading. Among the issues addressed are the reliability of the grading (agreement of teachers), effect of knowledge of the student on grading, grading criteria, and influence of grading schemes provided for the teachers. (MSE)

The adaptation level theory in grading implies that students select major programs whose grading practices are realistic with their ability. A causal approach using a system of multiple equations was used to investigate this theory. The results lent support to occurrence of the adaptive grading practice. (Author/CM)

Offers a perspective on composition as a discipline. Focuses on practical advice about using sentence combining and employing effective grading procedures. (RL)

Examines major findings of a nationwide survey of community college instructors conducted to assess teaching practices in the sciences. Survey findings cover enrollment and completion rates; use of instructional media, assignments, reading requirements, knowledge tested, grading practices, support services; use of out-of-class activities; and…

A new approach for teaching veterinary pathology instituted at the University of Georgia in 1970 is evaluated. Each student was told what was required in the form of behavioral objectives, given alternate sources of information in the form of autotutorial minicourses, and evaluated by formative, summative and mastery means. (Author/MLW)

Presents a case procedure designed to assist trainees in perfecting their problem-solving skills. Elements of that procedure are the rationale behind this "self-actualizing" case method; the role that the instructor, case leaders, and participants play in its execution; and the closed-loop grading system used for peer evaluation. (CT)

The normative and mastery grading systems are characterized and some assumptions basic to each are contrasted under the headings of knowledge, teaching, and students. Teachers, it is suggested, can work to avoid destructive influences of the teacher-student-grading relationship by careful subject matter preparation, grading system selection, etc.…

At Central High School, all departments are responsible for teaching spelling and writing. A uniform procedure has been adopted for evaluating student writing assignments, which includes a list for faculty and students of standard theme correction symbols and suggestions for improvement of specific errors. The list is included. (SJL)

Sets forth a guideline for incorporating humanism into grading with built-in adjustments that accommodate some human weaknesses. Built-in adjustments cancel or neutralize some of the blunders that are inherent in the teaching, learning, and testing processes that reflect student assessment. (Author)