John C. Ory and Katherine E. Ryan. Assigning grades is a handicap to learning. Most instructors do not trust their own judgement enough when grading and evaluating. Instructors should not attempt to grade and evaluate student attitudes, attendance, and motivation. The instructor's professional judgement is sufficient for determining a grade in Borderline' cases.
Good exams are sufficient for measuring student performance and learning.
If you agreed with any of the items in the table, then you might want to read T ips for Improving Testing and Grading by John Ory and Katherine Ryan. Even if you disagreed with the statements, you may find their text to be useful and readable. This , the fourth book in the Sage series Survival Skills for Scholars, provides new teachers and more established instructors a ready reference of practical strategies and tips for the construction of valid tests and a rational approach to assigning grades. Most of the issues discussed in the book would be familiar to anyone who has trained in survey design. The value added by this text is the specialized discussion about developing items for assessing knowledge content and grading.