Effective Grading: A Tool for Learning and Assessment (Jossey Bass Higher & Adult Education Series)

Effective Grading is written for the faculty member who believes the grading process is a valuable measure of student learning. This hands-on guide for evaluating student work offers an in-depth examination of the linkage between teaching and grading. It uses grades not as isolated artifacts, but as part of a process that, when integrated with course objectives, provides rich information about student learning. The authors reveal how the grading process can also be used for broader assessment objectives, such as curriculum and institutional assessment.

As practical as it is informative, Effective Grading contains a wealth of special materials, including AAHE's Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning, types of assignments and tests, and a plan for a faculty workshop on grading and assessment. In addition, the book provides background to the principles of the grading process as well as a wealth of illustrative examples, offering faculty both a sound basis in assessment theory and the practical tools they need to put it to work.

BARBARA E. WALVOORD is director of the Kaneb Center for Teaching and Learning and concurrent professor of English at the University of Notre Dame. VIRGINIA JOHNSON ANDERSON is professor of biological sciences and chair of the biology department assessment committee at Towson State University.