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Gamage, Kelum A. A.; Silva, Erandika K. de; Gunawardhana, Nanda – Education Sciences, 2020
Globally, the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise daily despite strict measures being adopted by many countries. Consequently, universities closed down to minimise the face-to-face contacts, and the majority of the universities are now conducting degree programmes through online delivery. Remote online delivery and assessment are novel…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Student Evaluation, COVID-19, Pandemics
Coates, Charles R. – Balance Sheet, 1970
Cautions are listed following an examination of the difficulties inherent in the teacher's task of student evaluation and distribution of grades on specific testing devices. (JS)
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Evaluation Methods, Grading, Objectives

Bolin, John G. – College and University, 1975
Presents a study to determine what trends were common and what differences could be identified in percentage of degrees granted with honors. Concludes that institutions must either move into a pass-fail approach with no honors, or return to a more dedicated approach to student evaluation. (Author/PG)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Administrative Problems, Evaluation Methods, Grading
Pascal, Charles E. – 1972
Pass-fail grading is discussed from the standpoints of its ineffectiveness as well as its potential. It is believed that pass-fail students are experiencing the same things that they do in their graded courses, and that pass-fail experiments must be based on a model that constitutes a departure from traditional learning and teaching. A programmed…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Grading, Learning Processes, Models
Barkley, Margaret V. – Illinois Teacher of Home Economics, 1975
Reviewing the advantages and many disadvantages of conventional grading systems, the article discusses pass/fail grading, suggests the contract system as a solution, and describes a sample contract for a beginning high school child development class. (MW)
Descriptors: Child Development, Evaluation Methods, Grades (Scholastic), Grading
Schneider, Alison – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2000
Reports on a recent vote of the faculty senate at the University of California at Santa Cruz to institute mandatory letter grades instead of continuing its innovative narrative evaluation system. Reasons include effects on student recruitment, graduate school admissions, and employer considerations. Notes strong opposition from students and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Educational Change, Evaluation Methods

Clawson, Barbara N.; Scruggs, M. Marguerite – Home Economics Research Journal, 1974
Findings of a study conducted at Iowa State University, Ames, indicated student subjects were not affected by the use of pass-fail grading, and that student teachers were less anxious and more positive about their relationship with their cooperating teachers under pass-fail than under A-F grading. (BP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Data Collection, Educational Research, Evaluation Methods
Miller, Stuart – 1965
Several arguments are made for changing the present system of grading in college. The arguments deal with: (1) the negative effect of grading on the teaching situation--the system is capricious and variable and encourages "grade grubbing"; (2) the lack of accuracy and uniformity of grades; (3) the effect of grading, as an enforcer of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, College Environment, Evaluation Methods

Hardy, Clifford A. – College Student Journal, 1975
Study was designed to measure student attitudes toward the pass-fail system of evaluation for the student teaching sequence. Questionnaire was administered to 158 student teachers and to 32 faculty members. Results of the chi-square analysis indicated that student and faculty attitudes were strongly positive. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Evaluation Methods, Grades (Scholastic), Higher Education
Warren, Jonathan R. – 1971
This report examines grading practices, the uses of grades and the influence of grades on the student, faculty, administration and society. The author also indicates how grading practices can be and are being altered to provide an educational tool that accurately reflects the many dimensions of student performance. It is noted that grades seem…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Evaluation Methods, Grade Point Average, Grade Prediction
Kirschenbaum, Howard; And Others – 1971
This book addresses, in novel form, the question of whether or not the traditional system of grading in American schools is the most educationally useful system of evaluation. Within the dramatic framework of a controversy over grading at Mapleton High School, the authors examine various issues related to the traditional grading system, including…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bibliographies, Change Strategies, Credit No Credit Grading

Hammons, James O.; Barnsley, Janice R. – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 1992
This article provides information on designing a college course grading plan. It reviews the history of grades; describes and discusses common approaches to grading; examines the purposes of grades, problems with current practices, and situational factors to consider in selecting an approach; and proposes eight principles to observe in developing…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational History, Educational Quality
Otto, David – 1973
What began as a review of Pass-Fail ended as a comment on the evaluation schema of student academic performance. "Standards,""Evaluation" and "Grades" are defined. A brief history of grading among early North American institutions of higher learning is compared to precursory practices in Europe. The validity and reliability of traditional grades…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Rating, College Students, Educational History
Gilman, David A. – 1974
The author reviews various current approaches to evaluating pupil achievement, evaluating instruction, and using grades, grade point averages, and class rank. Such issues as the philosophical and psychological bases for selection and use of evaluation instruments, the use of performance objectives, ways to reduce subjectivity in grading, the use…
Descriptors: Class Rank, Criterion Referenced Tests, Decision Making, Evaluation Methods
Linda H. Kunder; Paul J. Porwoll – 1977
After reviewing the controversy over traditional grading systems, the pros and cons of various grading systems, and recent practices in reporting and marking pupil progress, the authors present the results of a survey in which 341 districts responded about their reporting and marking practices. The results are broken down by the size of the…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Achievement Rating, Board of Education Policy, Elementary Education
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