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A Century Of Grading Research: Meaning And Value In The Most Common Educational Measure, Susan M. Brookhart, Thomas R. Guskey, Alex J. Bowers, James H. Mcmillan, Jeffrey K. Smith, Lisa F. Smith, Michael T. Stevens, Megan E. Welsh
A Century Of Grading Research: Meaning And Value In The Most Common Educational Measure, Susan M. Brookhart, Thomas R. Guskey, Alex J. Bowers, James H. Mcmillan, Jeffrey K. Smith, Lisa F. Smith, Michael T. Stevens, Megan E. Welsh
Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology Faculty Publications
Grading refers to the symbols assigned to individual pieces of student work or to composite measures of student performance on report cards. This review of over 100 years of research on grading considers five types of studies: (a) early studies of the reliability of grades, (b) quantitative studies of the composition of K–12 report card grades, (c) survey and interview studies of teachers’ perceptions of grades, (d) studies of standards-based grading, and (e) grading in higher education. Early 20th-century studies generally condemned teachers’ grades as unreliable. More recent studies of the relationships of grades to tested achievement and survey studies …
Grading: Why You Should Trust Your Judgment, Thomas R. Guskey, Lee Ann Jung
Grading: Why You Should Trust Your Judgment, Thomas R. Guskey, Lee Ann Jung
Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology Faculty Publications
Although computerized grading programs have advantages, teachers’ judgment has been shown to be more reliable.
Pre-Assessment: Promises And Cautions, Thomas R. Guskey, Jay Mctighe
Pre-Assessment: Promises And Cautions, Thomas R. Guskey, Jay Mctighe
Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology Faculty Publications
To ensure that pre-assessment is worth the time and effort, keep these principles in mind.