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Rojstaczer, Stuart; Healy, Christopher – Teachers College Record, 2012
Background/Context: College grades can influence a student's graduation prospects, academic motivation, postgraduate job choice, professional and graduate school selection, and access to loans and scholarships. Despite the importance of grades, national trends in grading practices have not been examined in over a decade, and there has been a…
Descriptors: Grades (Scholastic), Grading, Geographic Regions, Private Colleges
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Katz, Steven; Sutherland, Stephanie; Earl, Lorna – Teachers College Record, 2005
In this article we chronicle a particular professional development initiative designed to promote the acquisition of an evaluation habit of mind within an educational context. After describing the rationale behind this initiative in some detail, we proceed to map the experiences of four of the participants--a principal, a vice principal, a…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Assistant Principals, Motivation, Faculty Development