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Johnson, Eric W. – Independent School Bulletin, 1976
A variety of opinions from headmasters of schools and admissions officers of colleges were cited as evidence for the practice of continuing usage of grades as indicators for evaluating student progress. (RK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Attitudes, Educational Practices, Educational Research
Download full textZeng, Liang; Simonsson, Marie; Poelzer, Herold – 2002
The intent of this study was to identify predictor variables for pass/fail status on the Elementary Professional Development Examination for Certification of Educators in Texas (ExCET) for preservice teachers at a university in South Texas. Logistic regression was used to investigate the dependency between the predictors and the ExCET pass/fail…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Licensing Examinations (Professions), Pass Fail Grading
Peer reviewedThayer, Robert E. – Journal of Experimental Education, 1973
In the present study the effects on subsequent grades of low, average, and high first exam grades were investigated for 192 students in a traditional grading system and fifty-four students in a pass-fail grading system. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Correlation, Dropout Attitudes, Grading
Peer reviewedGatta, Louis A. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1973
Study was conducted to compare effects of pass/fail and conventional five point grading systems on student achievement, teaching practices, teaching techniques and student attitudes. The sample consisted of eight sections of chemistry students. Analysis of data indicated lower achievement scores and poorer attitudes of students on pass/fail…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Chemistry, Educational Research, Evaluation
Peer reviewedChansky, Norman; Shaw, Noma – Education, 1973
Results revealed significant differences in preferences for marking plans as well as an interaction between marking plans and grade levels. Differences in preferences were attributed to differences in evaluation needs. (Authors/CB)
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Credit No Credit Grading, Evaluation Methods, Grading
Freimuth, Vicki S. – Speech Teacher, 1970
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Grading, Pass Fail Grading, Speech Evaluation
Peer reviewedTardiff, Kenneth – Journal of Medical Education, 1980
The results of a large survey, investigating preference given to students from graded schools when selecting residents, are analyzed. The respondents are directors of residency training programs. Preference and higher ratings of performance were given to graded students if their programs were in medicine, surgery, or obstetrics/gynecology.…
Descriptors: Competitive Selection, Grading, Graduate Medical Education, Graduate Medical Students
Peer reviewedRoss, John W.; Weintraub, Frederick J. – Exceptional Children, 1980
Advantages and disadvantages of five policy approaches are examined regarding graduation requirements for handicapped students: pass/fail, certificate of attendance, the individualized education program, special education diplomas, and specialized curriculum approaches. (CL)
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Attendance, Curriculum, Disabilities
Direct linkDowning, Steven M. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2005
The purpose of this research was to study the effects of violations of standard multiple-choice item writing principles on test characteristics, student scores, and pass-fail outcomes. Four basic science examinations, administered to year-one and year-two medical students, were randomly selected for study. Test items were classified as either…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Medical Students, Test Items, Test Format
Bradenberg, Judith Berman – New York State Personnel and Guidance Worker, 1976
This article is an analysis of Pass/Fail grades in an attempt to help students, college counselors, admissions personnel and employers better understand student transcripts by revealing the percentage of grades taken P/F and the relationship of these grades to the students' academic index. (Author/HMV)
Descriptors: Academic Records, College Credits, Credit No Credit Grading, Grades (Scholastic)
Peer reviewedYarber, William L. – Journal of School Health, 1974
Descriptors: Credit No Credit Grading, Evaluation Methods, Grades (Scholastic), Learning
Livingston, Samuel A. – 1978
The traditional reliability coefficient and standard error of measurement are not adequate measures of reliability for tests used to make pass/fail decisions. Answering the important reliability questions requires estimation of the joint distribution of true and observed scores. Lord's "Method 20" estimates this distribution without the…
Descriptors: Cutting Scores, Decision Making, Efficiency, Error of Measurement
The Effect of Undergraduate S/U Type Grades on Graduate Admissions and on Financial Award Decisions.
Volkwein, J. Fredericks – 1971
The purpose of the present study is to examine the effects of nontraditional satisfactory/unsatisfactory (or pass/fail) grading on graduate admissions and on financial award decisions by surveying each department offering graduate programs at the State University of New York at Albany. Some differential effects of the nontraditional versus…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Competitive Selection, Departments, Grading
Peer reviewedSwanger, David; And Others – Change, 1975
Five short essays on grading systems by a professor, an associate dean, an undergraduate student, a writer-sociologist, and a graduate student. (JT)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Administrator Attitudes, Grades (Scholastic), Grading
Peer reviewedDiStefano, Philip – English Journal, 1975
Without a change in grading practices, elective English programs can become simply old programs with new names. (JH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elective Courses, English Curriculum, Grades (Scholastic)
