Differences between teachers' grading practices in elementary and middle schools

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 175-186

  Randall, Jennifer ^a   Engelhard, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom assessment; Grading practices; Rasch Measurement Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649587140     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JOER.102.3.175-186     Document Type: Article

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