This study investigated the assessment and grading practices of 213 secondary science teachers representing urban, suburban, and rural schools. Teachers indicated the extent to which they used various factors in grading students, the types of assessments used, and the cognitive level of these assessments. The results indicate a wide variation in…

The traditional "black box" approach to evaluation of assignments in educational research courses has at least two effects: (1) products that fail to meet the expectations of the instructor; and (2) frustration on the part of students who do not know exactly what is expected, and who are consequently confused about or disappointed in the grades…

A study was conducted to explore empirically the effect of different definitions of the target examinee on the judgment of panelists setting a passing score. Two cut score studies were done in a school district for the same test within a 6-month period, and different definitions of the target candidate were provided for each study. In October…

Argues that conventional grades are inappropriate for certain university courses, and that a Pass-No Record system would be more wholesome and profitable. (JR)

Argues forcefully that the assignment of grades can have more deleterious than beneficial effects in education. The theme that grading should be abolished is developed by answering a series of commonly asked questions about evaluation of students. (JR)

Author considered the question of whether or not there is any purpose or value in grading, and if so, whether the innovations in grading systems have been beneficial. (Author/RK)

Midterm grades of students are compared to the grade the student gave the professor on his teaching effectiveness. A better than chance correspondence shown in a one-way analysis of variance is discussed in relation to subordinate-supervisor ratings. (Author/KM)

Discusses the trial of an operational grading system at the Naval Postgraduate School. Indicates that the new plan is characterized by giving the marginal student a grace period of one quarter before the final judgment of his performance. (CC)

Compared students' physics grades with their overall and other science grade point averages to determine teacher's grading severity in schools with a high and a low percent physics enrollment, and concluded the absence of apparent relationships between grading practices and low enrollments. (CC)

Inquiry approach is applied to a revised social studies curriculum in which grades are assigned on the point system; political science, science, and anthropology are added to course content; and, new texts and extensive audiovisual aids are utilized. (DS)

Article discusses the development of articulation agreements designed to establish machinery for the smooth transfer of students from community and junior colleges to universities and senior colleges. (Author/RK)

Results of a study by the National Association of College Admissions Counselors; data is tabulated. (SP)

"Students in a college course were given written criteria, divided into teams, and asked to score their own essay examination... The results support the generalization that subjective scoring standards are readily communicable. (Author)

Analysis of student and administrative attitudes toward grading systems reveals preference for pass/fail grading to letter-grading or numerical system. These results and inadequacies of letter grade system lead author to question why approximately 50 percent of 85 medical schools sampled persist in using it. (Author/LP)