Grading student achievement in higher education
Subtitle: signals and shortcomings
By: Mantz Yorke.
Series: Key issues in higher education series
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415393966
Subjects: Grading and marking (Students); Grading and marking (Students) -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The complexity of assessment; title: Grading and its limitations; title: Variations in assessment regulations : three case studies; title: UK honours degree classifications, 1994-5 to 2001-2 : a case study; title: How real is grade inflation?; title: The cumulation of grades; title: Value added; title: Fuzziness in assessment; title: Judgement, rather than measurement?; title: Epilogue : beyond the sunset.