4,398
Views
27
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Reports

Being Fair: Teachers’ Interpretations of Principles for Standards-Based Grading

, &
Pages 210-227 | Published online: 17 Jun 2011

References

  • Airasian , P. W. 2005 . Classroom assessment: Concepts and applications , 5th ed , New York : McGraw-Hill .
  • American Psychological Association, American Educational Research Association, & National Council on Measurement in Education . 1954 . Technical recommendations for psychological tests and diagnostic techniques , Washington, DC : American Psychological Association .
  • Anders , P. and Richardson , V. 1992 . Teacher as game-show host, bookkeeper, or judge? Challenges, contradictions, and consequences of accountability . Teachers College Record , 94 ( 2 ) : 382 – 96 .
  • Biddle , S. and Goudas , M. 1997 . Effort is virtuous: Teacher preferences of pupil effort, ability and grading in physical education . Educational Research , 39 ( 3 ) : 350 – 55 .
  • Bonesronning , H. 2004 . Do the teachers’ grading practices affect student achievement? . Education Economics , 12 ( 2 ) : 151 – 67 .
  • Brookhart , S. M. 1991 . Grading practices and validity . Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice , 10 ( 1 ) : 35 – 36 .
  • Brookhart , S. M. 1993 . Teachers’ grading practices: Meaning and values . Journal of Educational Measurement , 30 ( 2 ) : 123 – 42 .
  • Brookhart , S. M. 1994 . Teachers’ grading: Practice and theory . Applied Measurement in Education , 7 ( 4 ) : 279 – 301 .
  • Brookhart , S. M. 2004 . Grading , Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson/Merrill/Prentice Hall .
  • Bursuck , W. D. , Munk , D. D. and Olson , M. 1999 . The fairness of report card grading adaptations: What do students with and without learning disabilities think? . Remedial and Special Education , 20 ( 2 ) : 84 – 92 .
  • Cicmanec , K. B. High school mathematics teachers: Grading practice and pupil control ideology . Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association . Seattle, WA. April 10–14
  • Cross , L. H. and Frary , R. B. Hodgepodge grading: Endorsed by students and teachers alike . Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education . New York. April 9–11
  • Dalbert , C. , Schneidewind , U. and Saalbach , A. 2007 . Justice judgments concerning grading in school . Contemporary Educational Psychology , 32 ( 3 ) : 420 – 33 .
  • Delandshere , G. and Jones , J. H. 1999 . Elementary teachers’ beliefs about assessment in mathematics: A case of assessment paralysis . Journal of Curriculum and Supervision , 14 ( 3 ) : 216 – 40 .
  • Duncan , C. R. and Noonan , B. 2007 . Factors affecting teachers’ grading and assessment practices . Alberta Journal of Educational Research , 53 ( 1 ) : 1 – 21 .
  • Eggen , A. B. 2004 . Alfa and omega in student assessment: Exploring identities of secondary school science teachers , Oslo, , Norway : University of Oslo . Available at: www.ils.uio.no/forskning/pdh-drgrad/doktoravhanlinger/docs/AstridEggenAvhandling1.pdf
  • Gipps , C. 1999 . “ Socio-cultural aspects of assessment ” . In Review of research in education , Edited by: Iran-Nejad , A. and Pearson , P. D. Vol. 24 , 355 – 92 . Washington, DC : American Educational Research Association .
  • Green , S. , Johnson , R. L. , Kim , D. H. and Pope , N. S. 2007 . Ethics in classroom assessment practices: Issues and attitudes . Teaching and Teacher Education , 2 ( 7 ) : 999 – 1011 .
  • Guskey , T. R. 2000 . Grading policies that work against standards … and how to fix them . National Association of Secondary School Principals Bulletin , 84 ( 620 ) : 20 – 29 .
  • Guskey , T. R. Stability and change in high school grades . Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association . Montreal, Canada. April 11–15
  • Guskey , T. R. It wasn't fair! Educators’ recollections of their experiences as students with grading . Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association . San Francisco, CA. April 7–11
  • Guskey , T. R. 2009 . Practical solutions for serious problems in standards-based grading , Thousand Oaks, CA : Corwin .
  • Guskey , T. R. and Jung , L. A. 2009 . Grading and reporting in a standards-based environment: Implications for students with special needs . Theory Into Practice , 48 ( 1 ) : 53 – 62 .
  • Guskey , T. R. , Swan , G. M. and Jung , L. A. Developing a statewide, standards-based student report card: A review of the Kentucky initiative . Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association . Denver, CO. April 30–May 4
  • Hargreaves , A. , Earl , L. and Schmidt , M. 2002 . Perspectives on alternative assessment reform . American Educational Research Journal , 39 ( 1 ) : 69 – 95 .
  • Howley , A. , Kusimo , P. S. and Parrott , L. 2000 . Grading and the ethos of effort . Learning Environments Research , 3 ( 3 ) : 229 – 46 .
  • Hunter , D. , Mayengab , C. and Gambell , T. 2006 . Classroom assessment tools and uses: Canadian English teachers’ practices for writing . Assessing Writing , 11 ( 1 ) : 42 – 65 .
  • Joint Advisory Committee . 1993 . Principles for fair student assessment practices for education in Canada , Edmonton,Alberta, , Canada : University of Alberta . Available at: www2.education.ualberta.ca/educ/psych/crame/files/eng_prin.pdf
  • Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation . 2003 . The student evaluation standards: How to improve evaluations of students , Edited by: Gullickson , A. Thousand Oaks, CA : Corwin .
  • Laucius , J. April 2009 . Students aren't failing, but system is, teachers say . The Ottawa Citizen , 22 : A1 – A2 .
  • McMillan , J. H. 2001 . Secondary teachers’ classroom assessment and grading practices . Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice , 20 ( 1 ) : 20 – 32 .
  • McMillan , J. H. 2003 . Understanding and improving teachers’ classroom assessment decision making: Implications for theory and practice . Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice , 22 ( 4 ) : 34 – 43 .
  • McMillan , J. H. 2004 . Classroom assessment: Principles and practice for effective instruction , 3rd ed. , Boston : Pearson .
  • McMillan , J. H. 2009 . “ Synthesis of issues and implications for practice ” . In Practical solutions for serious problems in standards-based grading , Edited by: Guskey , T. R. 105 – 20 . Thousand Oaks, CA : Corwin .
  • McMillan , J. H. and Lawson , S. R. 2001 . Secondary science teachers’ classroom assessment and grading practices , Richmond, VA : Metropolitan Educational Research Consortium .
  • McMillan , J. H. and Nash , S. Teacher classroom assessment and grading practices decision making . Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education . New Orleans, LA. April 25–27
  • O'Connor , K. 2002 . How to grade for learning: Linking grades to standards , 2nd ed , Thousand Oaks, CA : Corwin .
  • Ontario College of Teachers . 2008 . Foundations of professional practice , Toronto, , Canada : Author . Available at: www.oct.ca/publications/PDF/foundation_e.pdf
  • Ontario Ministry of Education . 2005 . The Ontario curriculum grades 9 and 10: Mathematics , Toronto, , Canada : Queen's Printer for Ontario . Available at: www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/secondary/math.html
  • Ontario Ministry of Education . 2008 . Growing success: Assessment, evaluation and reporting: Improving student learning , Toronto, , Canada : Queen's Printer for Ontario .
  • Ontario Ministry of Education . 2010a . Growing success: Assessment, evaluation and reporting in Ontario schools (first edition, covering grades 1 to 12) , Toronto, , Canada : Queen's Printer for Ontario . Available at: www.edu.gove.on.ca/eng/policyfunding/success.html
  • Ontario Ministry of Education . 2010b . Quick facts: Ontario schools, 2007–2008 , Toronto, , Canada : Queen's Printer for Ontario . Available at: www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/general/elemsec/quickfacts/2007-08/quickFacts07_08.pdf
  • Resh , N. 2009 . Justice in grades allocation: Teachers’ perspective . Social Psychology of Education , 12 ( 3 ) : 315 – 25 .
  • Resh , N. and Dalbert , C. 2007 . Gender differences in sense of justice about grades: A comparative study of high school students in Israel and Germany . Teachers College Record , 109 ( 2 ) : 322 – 42 .
  • Rex , L. A. 2005 . Testing as shaping: A response to “The idea of testing: Psychometric and sociocultural perspectives.” . Measurement , 3 ( 2 ) : 103 – 07 .
  • Rich , R. H. 2002 . Hidden factors in teachers’ secondary grading practices Proquest Digital Dissertations UMI No. AAT 3036925
  • Shepard , L. 2006 . “ Classroom assessment ” . In Educational measurement , 4th ed. , Edited by: Brennan , R. L. 623 – 46 . Westport, CT : National Council on Measurement in Education, American Council on Education, and Praeger .
  • Silva , M. , Munk , D. D. and Bursuck , W. D. 2005 . Grading adaptations for students with disabilities . Intervention in School and Clinic , 41 ( 2 ) : 87 – 98 .
  • Stiggins , R. , Frisbie , D. and Griswold , P. 1989 . Inside high school: Building a research agenda . Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice , 8 ( 2 ) : 5 – 14 .
  • Suurtamm , C. and Graves , B. 2007 . Curriculum implementation intermediate math: Research report Available at: www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/studentsuccess/lms/files/CIIMResearchReport2007.pdf
  • Tomlinson , C. A. 2005 . Grading and differentiation: Paradox or good practice? . Theory Into Practice , 44 ( 3 ) : 262 – 69 .
  • WordNet 3.0 . 2006 . Princeton, NJ: Cognitive Science Laboratory, Princeton University . Available at: http://wordnet.princeton.edu
  • Yip , D. Y. and Cheung , D. 2005 . Teachers’ concerns on school-based assessment of practical work . Journal of Biological Education , 39 ( 4 ) : 156 – 62 .
  • Yung , B. H. W. 2001 . Three views of fairness in a school-based assessment scheme of practical work in biology . International Journal of Science Education , 23 ( 10 ) : 985 – 1005 .
  • Zoeckler , L. G. 2005 . Moral dimensions of grading in high school English Proquest Digital Dissertations UMI No. AAT3183500

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.