GRADING
Grading Qualitative Student Performance
Faculty Forum workshop, February 4, 2004
Facilitated by Stephanie Nickerson
http://www.stern.nyu.edu/Faculty/citl/articles/docs/
grading_Faculty_Forum_2_4_04-2.pdf
Evaluating Student Work
Princeton University (2003)
http://web.princeton.edu/sites/mcgraw/
mcgraw_minigraphs_01.html
A short description of how to develop criteria for grading
students’ written work—making the process less onerous, more
reliable, and more efficient.
Grading and Assessment
Faculty Forum workshop, October 1, 2003.
Facilitated by Stephanie Nickerson
http://www.stern.nyu.edu/Faculty/citl/articles/docs/
notes_grading_10-1-03.pdf
Evaluation Issues
University of North Carolina (2001)
http://ctl.unc.edu/he2.html
A short primer on the elements of a grading system. Explains
types of relative grading systems (including "the curve")
and absolute grading systems.
Some Pertinent Questions about Grading
Marilla Svinicki, The University of Texas at Austin (2003)
http://www.utexas.edu/academic/cte/sourcebook/
grading.pdf
Four key questions to think about when developing a grading
system.
Evaluating and Grading Students
Marilla Svinicki, The University of Texas at Austin (2003)
http://www.utexas.edu/academic/cte/sourcebook/
grading2.pdf
Describes criteria about which faculty need to be clear to
develop a useful grading system.
Sample Peer Evaluation Sheets
Caroline Bartel and Kim Corfman, Stern School of Business
(2003)
http://www.stern.nyu.edu/Faculty/citl/articles/docs/
peerevaluation.pdf
Three forms for student peer evaluation.
Questions for Developing a Grading Plan + 9 Steps to Establishing
a Grading Plan
Frisbie and Waltman, University of Washington (2001)
http://depts.washington.edu/grading/plan/heurist1.htm
A user-friendly way to develop a specific grading plan.
Grading Content vs. Behavior
University of Washington (2001)
http://depts.washington.edu/grading/issue1/legal.htm
What an instructor may grade based on the learning goals of
the course.
Faculty Resources on Grading
University of Washington (2001)
http://depts.washington.edu/grading/
Links to how to plan for grading, grading practices, academic
conduct.
Responding to Student Work
University of California Irvine
http://www.irc.uci.edu/trg/115.html
An excellent short piece for new instructors about designing
assignments; grading guidelines-in particular, developing
"rubrics," or specific criteria for grading; writing
comments on papers; how to get students to read what you write;
being diplomatic; how to cut down on grading time.
Keeping Students Informed of their Progress
University of California Irvine
http://www.irc.uci.edu/trg/112.html
Advice for avoiding grade shock at the end of the course
Evaluating Student Learning
University of Oklahoma (2002)
http://www.ou.edu/idp/tips/evalstudent.htm
Very short, graphic blurbs or charts in each link--general
principles for designing tests, evaluating student learning,
planning tests, and criteria for evaluating individual test
questions. (all built on Bloom's cognitive hierarchy).
Assessing Student Learning in College Classrooms
Susan M. Brookhart, Duquesne University (reprinted NTLF, 1999)
http://ctl.stanford.edu/teach/NTLF/v8n5/eric.htm
An annotated list of resources for improving one's classroom
assessment skills.
NYU Newsletter on Grading and Assessment
Center for Teaching Excellence, New York University (1999)
http://www.nyu.edu/cte/resources/GradApril99.pdf
NYU faculty, including several from Stern, discuss their approaches
to grading. On page 7 there is a useful set of criteria for
a paper assignment as an example of guiding one's students
by explicating instructor expectations (and making it much
easier for the instructor to grade the papers fairly).
Grading as Teaching
Marie Secor, Penn State University (1997)
http://www.psu.edu/dept/celt/PST/commenting.html
Suggestions of what to do and what not to do when you comment
on students’ papers.
Test Construction: Some Practical Ideas
Marilla Svinicki, The University of Texas at Austin, (2003)
http://www.utexas.edu/academic/cte/sourcebook/tests.pdf
Steps for developing good tests of various types; also has
good suggestions for grading short answer and essay questions.
In Print:
Effective Grading: A Tool for Learning and Assessment.
Walvoord, Barbara E., & Anderson, Virginia Johnson. (1998).
San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Excellent resource. Outlines how to incorporate grading into
one's course planning. Copy available at Bobst, at CITL and
the NYU Center for Teaching Excellence.
Improving Essay Tests
William Cashin (1987)
http://www.idea.ksu.edu/papers/Idea_Paper_17.pdf
Benefits of essay tests; recommendations for constructing
them; includes recommendations for grading essay questions.
>> See also: Classroom Assessment
>> See also: Testing
