Research Guides: Center for Teaching Excellence: Grading & Assessment

Assessing Student Learning: a common sense guide by Linda Suskie
Call Number: LB2336 .S87 2018
ISBN: 9781119426936
Publication Date: 2018-02-13
The College Classroom Assessment Compendium: a practical guide to the college instructor's daily assessment life by Jay Parkes; Dawn Zimmaro
Call Number: LB2368 .P37 2018
ISBN: 9781138240261
Publication Date: 2017-12-06
Lesson Plan: an agenda for change in American higher education by William G. Bowen; Michael S. McPherson
Call Number: LA227.4 .B685 2016
ISBN: 9780691172101
Publication Date: 2016-03-29
Alternative Strategies for Evaluating Student Learning by Teaching and Learning Staff; Michelle V. Achacoso (Editor); Marilla D. Svinicki (Editor)
Call Number: LB1025.2 .N456 no.100
ISBN: 0787979708
Publication Date: 2005
Introduction to Rubrics by Dannelle D. Stevens; Antonia J. Levi; Barbara E. Walvoord (Foreword by)
Call Number: LB3063 .S74 2013
ISBN: 9781579225889
Effective Grading by Barbara E. Walvoord; Virginia Johnson Anderson; Thomas A. Angelo (Foreword by)
Call Number: LB2368 .W35 1998
ISBN: 9780787940300
Publication Date: 1998-02-25
Reframing Writing Assessment to Improve Teaching and Learning by Linda Adler-Kassner; Peggy O'Neill
Call Number: ONLINE via ebrary
ISBN: 9780874217988
Publication Date: 2010
Grade Inflation by Lester H. Hunt (Editor)
Call Number: LB2368 .G73 2008
ISBN: 9780791474976
E-Portfolios for Lifelong Learning and Assessment by Darren R. Cambridge
Call Number: ONLINE via ebrary
ISBN: 9780470503768
Publication Date: 2010
Assessment Clear and Simple: a practical guide for institutions, departments, and general education by Barbara E. Walvoord
Call Number: LB2822.75 .W35 2004
ISBN: 9780787973117
Publication Date: 2004-04-01

Group Projects in Higher Education: How Demographic Factors Affect Student Perceptions of Grading, Leadership Roles, Assessment, and Applicability
Ludlum, M., Conklin, M., & Tiger, A. (2021). Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, 21(1), 13-27.
An assessment arms race and its fallout: high-stakes grading and the case for slow scholarship
Harland, T., McLean, A., Wass, R., Miller, E., & Sim, K. N. (2015). Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 40(4), 528–541.
The challenges of changing teaching assistants' grading practices: Requiring students to show evidence of understanding
Marshman, E., Sayer, R., Henderson, C., Yerushalmi, E., & Singh, C. (2018;2021;). Canadian Journal of Physics, 96(4), 420-437.
University teachers’ conceptions of their current and ideal intermediate assessment: an A+ is good, but speaking your mind is better
Day, I. N. Z., van Blankenstein, F. M., Westenberg, P. M., & Admiraal, W. F. (2019). Studies in Higher Education (Dorchester-on-Thames), 44(12), 2223-2234.

Assessing Group Work Online (Australian Universities Teaching Committee)
Suggestions for how to develop criteria and assign grades for group assignments online.
Authentic Assessment Toolbox
Guidelines on how to develop assessments of student work, using rubrics or student portfolios.
Best Practices for Designing and Grading Exams (Univ. of Michigan)
Advantages and disadvantages of different designs, plus suggestions for creating and scoring questions.
Classroom Assessment Techniques (Iowa State Univ.)
Discussion and examples of in-class activities to measure student learning.
Designing Tests to Maximize Learning
Advice on the "big picture" of exam design.
TA Grading Papers (Stanford Univ.)
A series of helpful tips on how to grade student papers.
How to Write Better Tests: A Handbook for Improving Test Construction Skills (Indiana Univ.)
A lengthy discussion of how to develop questions for different types of exams.
Is This a Is This a Is This a Trick Question? Question? Question? A Short Guide to Writing Effective Test Questions
Advice on constructing and scoring exam questions.
Improving Multiple Choice Questions (Univ. of North Carolina)
Explains how to structure multiple-choice exams and write effective questions.
Improving Your Test Questions (Univ. of Illinois)
Advice on choosing among types of tests, writing effective questions, and assessing test item quality.
Testing and Grading Tomorrow's Teaching and Learning
A few guidelines about testing and grading can help instructors to: (1) strengthen the process of instruction, (2) clarify the diagnostic value of testing, (3) make a fair assessment of what each student knows, and (4) report this achievement through grades.