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Scholarship March 19, 2018

Effective Grading: A Tool for Learning and Assessment (Second Edition)

The Wabash Center

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Author
Walvoord, Barbara E. and Virginia Johnson Anderson
Publisher
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
ISBN
9780470502150
Table of Contents
Preface to the Second Edition.

The Authors

Ch 1. Introduction

PART ONE GRADING IN THE CLASSROOM
Ch 2. Clarifying Goals, Constructing Assignments
Ch 3. Fostering Healthy Student Motivation
Ch 4. Establishing Criteria and Standards for Grading
Ch 5. Linking Teaching, Learning, and Grading
Ch 6. Managing Time for Teaching, Learning, and Responding Ch 7. Making Grading More Time-Efficient
Ch 8. Calculating Course Grades
Ch 9. Communicating with Students About Their Grades
Ch 10. Using the Grading Process to Improve Teaching

PART TWO HOW GRADING SERVES BROADER ASSESSMENT PURPOSES
Ch 11. Assessment for Departments and General Education
Ch 12. Case Studies of Departmental and General Education Assessment
Ch 13. Assessment for Grant Proposals

Appendix A: Examples of Rubrics

Appendix B: Example of Departmental Assessment Report

References

Index
The second edition of Effective Grading—the book that has become a classic in the field—provides a proven hands-on guide for evaluating student work and offers an in-depth examination of the link between teaching and grading. Authors Barbara E. Walvoord and Virginia Johnson Anderson explain that grades are not isolated artifacts but part of a process that, when integrated with course objectives, provides rich information about student learning, as well as being a tool for learning itself. The authors show how the grading process can be used for broader assessment objectives, such as curriculum and institutional assessment.