Works Cited

Brookhart, Susan M. Grading. New York: Merrill, 2009. Print. In this book Brookhart focuses on the understanding of grading, the integrating assessment and instruction of grading, and combining grades into marks for report cards. She starts off by giving a few key concepts on grading at the beginning of each chapter in which she expands on later in detail. I think the way that Brookhart breakdowns every topic discussed in her book thoroughly will greatly help with the research for my inquiry. There is a first and second edition of Grading. I would like to see the differences between the two because that could possibly start an argument that I could look deeper into.

Guskey, Thomas R. Practical Solutions for Serious Problems in Standards-Based Grading. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, 2009. Pages 9-22. Print. In this book many professors and doctors at different universities discuss their opinions and research on grading. There is a different professor for each chapter. For my research I think it will be interesting to see what they all have to say and compare/contrast their thoughts. The editor, Thomas R. Guskey, has two chapters in the book. He writes the introduction and also a chapter titled Grading Policies That Work Against Standardsand How to Fix Them. Susan M. Brookhart also shares a chapter with Jake McElligott focused on Legal Issus of Grading in the Era of High-Stakes Accountability. While researching for my inquiry I will keep an open mind about Guskeys opinions as well as the other professors and doctors. Im excited to see what Brookhart has to say on that topic since I am also reading one of her other books.

Speck, Bruce W. Grading Students' Classroom Writing: Issues and Strategies. Washington, DC: Graduate School of Education and Human Development, The George Washington University, 2000. Print. Speck explains that the purpose of this book is to synthesize major issues in literature to make it accessible to professors throughout the disciplines. This book discusses the relation of the writing processes and the grading processes, ways to construct effective writing assignments, theoretical issues in grading related to fairness and professional judgment, ways to include students in the assessment of writing, and guidelines professors can use to provide effective feedback for students to revise their writing. For my inquiry I will be focusing on two main sections: The Writing Process and Grading Students Writing and Fairness and Professional Judgment. In the Writing Process and Grading Students Writing section, Speck wrote about the issues related to the grading process. He talked about the difference between evaluation,

assessment, and grading when referring to a students writing. In the Fairness and Professional Judgment section Speck wrote about grading methods.

Marzano, Robert J. Classroom Assessment & Grading That Work. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2006. Print. In this book Marzano discussed the case for classroom assessment, the role of state standards, a scale that measures learning over time, designing classroom assessments, assessments that encourage learning, final scores and grades, and report cards and the future of standards-based or topic-based schooling. For my inquiry I will be focusing on the Role of State Standards, Assessments That Encourage Learning and Final Scores and Grades.

Tchudi, Stephen. Alternatives to Grading Student Writing. Urbana, Ill: National Council of Teachers of English, 1997. Print. In this book Tchudi wrote about responding to student writing, classroom strategies and alternatives to grading student writing, and faculty workshops in alternatives to grading student writing. He breaks down each topic into subgroups. For my inquiry I will be focusing on the Responding to Student Writing topic and the subgroups: Response: A Promising Beginning for Learning and Can You Be Black and Write and Right? These two groups caught my attention from the beginning and I am interested to see what the author had to say.