Grading Tips

• Grading Written Assignments, Writing Center, University of Washington. Tips on grading piles of written assignments - includes a sample checklist that covers most topics.
• Strategies for Teaching Large Undergraduate Classes, Hanover Research. Reviews common strategies and guidelines used by universities to best teach high-enrollment undergraduate classes.
• Tips on Grading Efficiently, Teaching Resource Center, University of California Berkeley. How to make grading more efficient - includes a checklist for students to make sure their work is up-to-par before submission.
• Working with Student Writing - Grading Essays, Teaching Resource Center, University of California Berkeley. Guidelines for how to respond to student writing, including the differences between summative and formative comments.

• Improving College Grading, Gerald S. Hanna & William E. Cashin, Kansas State University. Issues with traditional grading models, and how grades can be more meaningful/reflective.
• Low-Stakes Assignments, DePaul University. Using smaller assignments and breaking down larger assignments to help students succeed in class.

• If You Hate Standards, Learn to Love the Bell Curve, Douglas B. Reeves, Center for Performance Assessment. Article examining potential issues with leaving educational standards behind, and the flaws that the bell curve has to grading.
• Before You Begin Grading, University of South Carolina. Includes the pros and cons of 4 common grading philosophies and how to use them, and also walks through coming up with grading criteria. 

• Calibrating Multiple Graders, Pamela R. Bennett, Andrew J. Cherlin, Michael J. Reese, Center for Educational Resources. Importance of having numerous people looking over key pieces of work.

• Grades and Grading, Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning, Yale. The problems with grades, and strategies for overcoming them. 

• What Should Grades Mean?, Michael A. Covington, University of Georgia. Short paper discussing the purpose of grades, and how they should be used in the classroom.

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