Grading

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## Contents

* 1 Definition
* 2 Grading systems
* 3 Evaluation grids
* 4 Grade inflation
* 5 Software
* 6 Links
* 6.1 General
* 6.2 Grade inflation
* 7 Bibliography

## Definition[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

See Grade (education) (Wikipedia). A good overview of various national grading scales.

## Evaluation grids[edit | edit source]

This topic is almost totally missing from this wiki. But we should have some more information, in particular models to evaluate technology-supported open-ended work ...

See for the moment Wikipedia's Educational assessment and evaluation category (more than 100 articles).

In this wiki:

* Learner assessment
* Progressive project assignment

## Grade inflation[edit | edit source]

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 18:13, 1 November 2007 (MET).)

It's also an issue here to some extent ...

## Software[edit | edit source]

See Gradebook

## Links[edit | edit source]

### General[edit | edit source]

* Grade (education)(Wikipedia).

### Grade inflation[edit | edit source]

* 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.

## Bibliography[edit | edit source]

On grade inflation

* De Witte, Kristof; Geys, Benny & Solondz, Catharina (2014). Public expenditures, educational outcomes and grade inflation: Theory and evidence from a policy intervention in the Netherlands. Economics of Education Review, June 2014, Volume 40, issue 1 (pp. 152-166).

* Jewell, R. Todd, & McPherson, Michael A. (2012). Instructor‐Specific Grade Inflation: Incentives, Gender, and Ethnicity. Social Science Quarterly, March 2012, Volume 93, issue 1 (pp. 95-109).

* Jewell, R. Todd; McPherson, Michael A. & Tieslau, Margie A. (2013). Whose fault is it? Assigning blame for grade inflation in higher education. Applied Economics, December 2013, Volume 45, issue 9 (pp. 1185-1200).

* Kelly, Thomas F. (2009). Backtalk: Grade Inflation - Sense and Nonsense. The Phi Delta Kappan, May 2009, Volume 90 issue 9 (p. 696)

* Pattison, Evangeleen; Grodsky, Eric & Muller, Chandra (2013). Is the sky falling? Grade inflation and the signaling power of grades. Educational Researcher, June/July 2013, Volume 42, issue 5 (pp. 259-265).