THE BEST OF THE MARSHALL MEMO
Carefully chosen summaries to energize leadership, teaching, and learning
Grading Practices
Problems with Grades and Grading
- One hundred years of research on grading
- Misconceptions get in the way of better grading
- Pointed questions about grades
- A New Jersey district deals with how homework is graded
- Grade inflation in high schools
Characteristics of Effective Grading
- The shift to standards-based grading
- Making grades fair, accurate, specific, and timely
Improving Grading Practices
- Failure is not an option
- How to deal with students who look only at their grades
- Preventing cheating by shaping classroom motivational culture
- Innovative grading systems are acceptable to colleges
