Grading

Danisue Klomparens
11/25/14

Definition: Evaluating and recording

the achievement level of a student.

Anticipatory Set
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WnfTI3NaI

Purpose of Grading
1. Administrative purposes
2. Give students feedback about their progress
and achievement
3. Provide guidance to students about future
course work
4. Guidance to teachers for instructional
planning
5. Motivate students

Administrative Purposes

Feedback

Student Guidance

Teacher Guidance

Motivation

Objectivity in Grading
Definition: Grading with no bias. Students all
get the grade they deserve, using no favoritism.

Subjectivity in Grading
Definition: Grading based on opinion, teacher
could be using favoritism, or previous made
assumptions.

Norm-referenced Grading
Definition: Students grades are in relationship
to one another.

Criterion-referenced Grading
Definition: Students are graded on their
individual knowledge of the content.

References

Daily paragraph editing, grade 8 - teacher's edition (n.d.). In Evan-Moor. Retrieved from
http://www.evan-moor.com/p/19109/daily-paragraph-editing-grade-8-teachers-edition

Grading systems (2012, January 30). In University of Minnesoda. Retrieved from http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/teachlearn/resources/grading/

Marzano, R. J. (2000). Transforming classroom grading. N.p.: ASCD. Retrieved from

http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/100053/chapters/What-Are-Grades-For%C2%A2.aspx

O'Brien, N. P., Collins, J. W., & Credo Reference, (. (Firm). (2011). The greenwood dictionary of education. Santa Barbara, Calif: Greenwood.

Rasmussen, K., & Salkind, N. J. (2008). Encyclopedia of educational psychology. Thousand Oaks, Calif: SAGE Publications.

Subjective vs. objective (n.d.). In ODU. Retrieved from http://www.lib.odu.edu/genedinfolit/1infobasics/subjective_vs_objective.html