Two kinds of instruments, atomistic versus holistic, offer different approaches to the grading of writing. This paper briefly discusses the pros and cons of these two philosophies of grading. In addition, the paper presents a holistic, primary-trait scoring instrument that has been used successfully to judge editorials by breaking down the…

Describes the characteristics of report cards in use during the 1971-72 school year. (RB)

Contract grading, team teaching, and demonstrations facilitate student's active involvement and enjoyment of college introductory psychology courses. (Author/JR)

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)