What about the advantages and disadvantages of group assignments, in which everyone is graded according to the final result, not his or her individual contribution? Time and again, my daughter has ...

The group had chosen solar energy and seemed to split tasks fairly during class. One student handled data, another focused on ...

Educators at the San Leandro Unified school district in Northern California had a grading and assessment dilemma. In 2013, some students getting D and F letter grades were meeting content standards on ...

Given my complaining about the dearth of control group research in the spreading, and I think troublesome, standards-based grading movement, I must give special attention to a new study that reveals ...

Assessing students’ group work in ways that are consistent and fair can be challenging. This resource offers ideas on how to best use, design, facilitate, manage and assess group work. The terms ...