Points out that by using a cassette tape recorder, the teacher of report writing can better make a useful evaluation that explains more fully, clearly, and sympathetically how reports can be improved in both major and minor ways. (FL)

Suggests four basic and 10 more sophisticated map evaluation criteria for use by social studies classroom teachers. The basic criteria are proportion and outline, labeling accuracy, spelling and lettering, and overall neatness. Among the more difficult criteria are proper title, all items labeled, proper areas labeled, key, coloring done neatly,…

Demonstration of typewriting techniques by the teacher should be part of the instruction in every typewriting course, according to the author, who presents specific steps in conducting the demonstration, checking student performance, and grading rationale. (MF)

Presents the grading procedures of a journalism course for nonmajors, with research data to support its effectiveness. (RL)

Discusses qualities of a good grading system; describes the development and use of criteria designed to evaluate journalism students' personal characteristics, professional development, and skills in reporting, writing, design, editing, and administration. Includes a reproduction of the evaluation form used by the author. (GT)

Some educators argue that the grade is only as good an index as the teacher who gives it. The present educational system has instilled in the public the notion that students must show evidence that they have achieved academic experiences. Grades have become the visible index of that evidence. (Author)

Describes a technique for increasing students' concern for the merits of their papers and for their teachers' suggestions by withholding the grade each paper receives and offering the opportunity to rewrite. (DD)

Describes a computer program for designing tests and grading students in a college chemistry course. (RAO)

Grading on the basis of skills actually taught, and not on the basis of students' prior knowledge of composition, can simplify evaluation and promote learning. (KS)

Author states that: "Teachers need to be freed from any compulsion to make distribution charts and comparative judgments of pupil learning for grading purposes." Proficiency of a student in a given task or subject area should be measured without relation to success or failure of other students in the group. (Auth/RW)

Describes the inadequacies of the present grading system and offers a new model, based upon intrinsic rather than extrinsic evaluation. Attempts to root this intrinsic evaluation system in a standard which is more clearcut than the letter-grade model and therefore less subject to grade inflation. (Editor/RK)

Investigated how different strategies for grading online discussions influenced both the discussions and sense of classroom community in 18 graduate-level courses delivered at a distance. Found that there were significantly more discussions per student per week and higher levels of sense of community in courses where discussions were a graded…

Samples from 17 reflective journals of nursing students were evaluated by 6 faculty. Results indicate a lack of consistency in grading reflective writing, lack of consensus regarding evaluation, and differences among faculty regarding their view of such exercises. (Contains 26 references.) (JOW)

The study analyzed subjective grades, clerkship examination scores, and National Board of Medical Examiners, Part I scores of 537 third year medical students. Findings indicated that students' scores on clerkship examinations improved as the academic year progressed but that clerkship site (community-affiliated hospital or medical center hospital)…

Examines the Working Party on English Literature's report on the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE). Concludes that the report attempts both to validate and challenge some basic GCSE assumptions, and that its total rejection of criterion-referencing constitutes a much-needed stand against GCSE grading practices. (MM)