Classroom Standard Setting and Grading Practices.

Terwilliger, James S.

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ERIC Number: EJ398477

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1989

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Classroom Standard Setting and Grading Practices.

Terwilliger, James S.

Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, v8 n2 p15-19 Sum 1989

The process of assigning grades to students is analyzed, and a specific approach to grading is recommended that distinguishes between minimal and developmental objectives. Criterion-referenced and norm-referenced concepts are used in the approach, which is best suited for secondary school or college. (SLD)

Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Faculty, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Objectives, Evaluation Methods, Grading, Higher Education, Norm Referenced Tests, Secondary Education, Secondary School Teachers, Standard Setting (Scoring), Student Evaluation

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Speeches/Meeting Papers

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Language: English

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Note: Revision of a paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Education Research Association (New Orleans, LA, April 5-9, 1988) and National Council on Measurement in Education (New Orleans, LA, April 6-8, 1988).