The teacher decides and announces to the class at the beginning that anyone who does the required amount of work will receive the blanket grade. At this point the scheme tends to become a group contract grading system. Advantages Same as Pass-Fail. Places emphasis upon cooperation among students. Disadvantages Same as contract grading.
Students can take advantage of the situation and do little.
Defeats the idea of individual standards. Whatever the grade decided upon, someone will be unhappy. The Grading Game in American Education . Hart Publishing Co., 1971.