Grade integrity and the representation of academic achievement

Abstract

In this article, grade integrity is defined as to the extent to which each grade awarded, either at the conclusion of a course or module of study or for an extended response to an assessment task, is strictly commensurate with the quality, breadth and depth of a students' performance. The three basic requirements for this aspiration to be realised are, in order: assessment evidence of a logically legitimate type; evidence of sufficient scope and soundness to allow for a strong inference to be drawn; and a grading principle that is theoretically appropriate for coding the level of a student's performance. When further developed, the general approach outlined could produce positive side benefits, including ways of dealing with grade inflation.

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“…Dette gir føringer for laeringsmål og laeringsformer, og til dokumentasjon av laeringsresultat. Speiler vurderingsuttrykket reell måloppnåelse eller noe annet (Sadler, 2009)? I Kvadrant 3 (Figur 1) rettes fokus mot laeringsforbedringer, som innbefatter tema som laeringsmål, undervisnings-laeringsaktiviteter og vurdering. Her synes det naerliggende å tenke at forslag til tiltak begrunnes med utgangspunkt i en analyse av nå-situasjonen.…”

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