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Grading Systems – SCHOOL, HIGHER EDUCATION Tweet students grades teachers learning
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Top of Form Search All U.S. Universities Bottom of Form
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Top of Form Bottom of Form SCHOOL Thomas R. Guskey HIGHER
EDUCATION Howard R. Pollio SCHOOL Few issues have created more controversy among educators than those associated with grading and
reporting student learning. Despite the many debates and multitudes of studies, however, prescriptions for best practice remain elusive. Although
teachers generally try to develop grading policies that are honest and fair, strong evidence shows that their practices vary widely, even among
those who teach at the same...show more content...
For the first paper the scores ranged from 64 to 98, and the second from 50 to 97. Some teachers focused on elements of grammar and style,
neatness, spelling, and punctuation, while others considered only how well the message of the paper was communicated. The following year
Starch and Elliot repeated their study using geometry papers submitted to math teachers and found even greater variation in math grades. Scores
on one of the math papers ranged from 28 to 95–a 67–point difference. While some teachers deducted points only for a wrong answer, many
others took neatness, form, and spelling into consideration. These demonstrations of wide variation in grading practices led to a gradual move
away from percentage scores to scales that had fewer and larger categories. One was a three–point scale that employed the categories of Excellent,
Average, and Poor. Another was the familiar five–point scale of Excellent, Good, Average, Poor, and Failing, (or A, B, C, D, and F). This
reduction in the number of score categories served to reduce the variation in grades, but it did not solve the problem of teacher subjectivity. To
ensure a fairer distribution of grades among teachers and to bring into check the subjective nature of scoring, the idea of grading based on the
normal probability, bell–shaped curve became increasingly popular. By this
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Grading System Rationale

  • 1. Grading System Rationale Grading Systems – SCHOOL, HIGHER EDUCATION Tweet students grades teachers learning ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Top of Form Search All U.S. Universities Bottom of Form ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Top of Form Bottom of Form SCHOOL Thomas R. Guskey HIGHER EDUCATION Howard R. Pollio SCHOOL Few issues have created more controversy among educators than those associated with grading and reporting student learning. Despite the many debates and multitudes of studies, however, prescriptions for best practice remain elusive. Although teachers generally try to develop grading policies that are honest and fair, strong evidence shows that their practices vary widely, even among those who teach at the same...show more content... For the first paper the scores ranged from 64 to 98, and the second from 50 to 97. Some teachers focused on elements of grammar and style, neatness, spelling, and punctuation, while others considered only how well the message of the paper was communicated. The following year Starch and Elliot repeated their study using geometry papers submitted to math teachers and found even greater variation in math grades. Scores on one of the math papers ranged from 28 to 95–a 67–point difference. While some teachers deducted points only for a wrong answer, many others took neatness, form, and spelling into consideration. These demonstrations of wide variation in grading practices led to a gradual move away from percentage scores to scales that had fewer and larger categories. One was a three–point scale that employed the categories of Excellent, Average, and Poor. Another was the familiar five–point scale of Excellent, Good, Average, Poor, and Failing, (or A, B, C, D, and F). This reduction in the number of score categories served to reduce the variation in grades, but it did not solve the problem of teacher subjectivity. To ensure a fairer distribution of grades among teachers and to bring into check the subjective nature of scoring, the idea of grading based on the normal probability, bell–shaped curve became increasingly popular. By this Get more content on HelpWriting.net