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Measuring Teachers’ Perceptions Of Grading Practices: Does School Level Make A Difference?, Xing Liu
Measuring Teachers’ Perceptions Of Grading Practices: Does School Level Make A Difference?, Xing Liu
NERA Conference Proceedings 2008
The effectiveness of classroom assessment and grading practices has become an increasingly important research topic in education. However, previous research had no consensus on whether school level had an effect on teachers’ grading practices. The purpose of the present study was to examine whether middle and high school teachers differ in regard to ratings of the importance and usefulness of grading practices, teachers’ perceived self-efficacy of the grading process, and the degree to which factors such as student effort, ability and teachers’ personal grading habits affect their grading decisions. A total of 107 secondary school teachers participated in this study …