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“Good Enough Evaluation: When Is It Feasible And When Is Evaluation Not Worth Having?”, Peter Elbow Dec 2011

“Good Enough Evaluation: When Is It Feasible And When Is Evaluation Not Worth Having?”, Peter Elbow

Peter Elbow

In the light of lots of work in assessment, and after having published six or eight essays of my own, I try in this essay to look back over it all and provide some perspective.

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Ranking, Evaluating, Liking: Sorting Out Three Forms Of Judgment., Peter Elbow Dec 1993

Ranking, Evaluating, Liking: Sorting Out Three Forms Of Judgment., Peter Elbow

Peter Elbow

Ranking: a one dimensional quantitative judgment--as with grading. A one dimensional quantitative score can never be an accurate reflection of the quality of a multidimensional product (like writing and many other human products).

Evaluation: a multidimensional judgment--using words or providing a multidimensional grid. Judging allows for more trustworthy assessment of writing and many other products.

Liking. This section explores the benefits that come when teachers actually learn to *like* student work--and indeed to like students--and how one can learn to like work even if one judges it to be not very good.

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