it is one thing to try to accurately assess and indicate what someone knows
or can do, this is not too difficult to accomplish ... but it is quite
another thing to give a grade .. which is a VALUE judgement as to the
"worth" of a performance ...
while we have decent tools to indicate the former, it is apparent that
society still has not quite figured out about WHAT the latter should
represent ... level of capability? current performance? effort? potential?
mixture?
this is why grading is sort of a crap shoot ... since there really are NO
clear rules and definitions ... then this translates into unclear
procedures for doing so in real practice ... and, college catalogs don't
help ... have a look at where grades are discussed and see if that helps
much .... i doubt it
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dennis roberts, penn state university
educational psychology, 8148632401
http://roberts.ed.psu.edu/users/droberts/droberts.htm
