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Brookhart, Susan M.; Guskey, Thomas R.; Bowers, Alex J.; McMillan, James H.; Smith, Jeffrey K.; Smith, Lisa F.; Stevens, Michael T.; Welsh, Megan E. – Review of Educational Research, 2016
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,…
Descriptors: Grading, Educational Research, Research Reports, Reliability
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Jacobsen, Rebecca; Snyder, Jeffrey W.; Saultz, Andrew – American Journal of Education, 2014
The 2001 No Child Left Behind Act requires local education agencies to publicly disseminate school performance data. In response, districts and state departments of education have created "school report cards" that vary widely. While data dissemination policies can improve institutional legitimacy and ensure ongoing support, we suggest…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Information Dissemination, Report Cards