An Economic Analysis of Student-Reported Grading Errors

Abstract

The authors report on a study involving an objective test that was intentionally misscored on the copies of the examination returned to students. Upon being advised that there may have been errors made in the scoring of the papers and upon having been given the correct answers, students were asked to report errors. Not surprisingly, not all perceived errors were reported and the decision to report errors appeared to depend on whether or not the reporting was to the benefit of the student.