Grading
Definition
In education, a grade (or mark) is a teacher's standardized evaluation of a student's work.
In some countries, evaluations can be expressed quantifiably, and calculated into a numeric grade point average (GPA). A cumulative grade point average (CGPA) is the mean GPA from all semesters, whereas GPA may only refer to a single semester (Wikipedia)
Grading systems
See Grade (education) (Wikipedia). A good overview of various national grading scales.
Evaluation grids
This topic is almost totally missing from this wiki. But we should have some more information, typcially models to evaluate technology-supported open-ended work....
See for the moment Wikipedia's Educational assessment and evaluation category (more than 100 articles).
Grade inflation
Grade inflation is an issue in U.S. education and in GCSEs and A levels in England and Wales. The term refers to the phenomenon of increasing academic grades over time. (Wikipedia, retrieved 18:09, 1 November 2007 (MET).)
It's also an issue here to some extent ...
Links
General
- Grade (education)(Wikipedia).
Grade inflation
- Gradeinflation.com A 2002 piece written by an ex-university professor
- Grade inflation (Wikipedia)
- Grade Inflation: It's Time to Face the Facts, By HARVEY C. MANSFIELD
- Don't Worry About Grade Inflation Why it doesn't matter that professors give out so many A's.
By Jordan Ellenberg
- Grade Inflation, The Economist, october 25 2007.