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Alternatives to Grading Student Writing
Stephen Tchudi, (Ed.). (1997). Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English. pp. 307. Paper.
Grading students' written work poses a dilemma for educators at all levels. What system and criteria should be used to serve the two-fold purpose of encouraging the improvement of students' writing and documenting writing proficiency abilities? In Alternatives to Grading Student Writing, the reader is asked to consider a variety of alternatives for evaluating students' writing, "in ways sensitive to the needs of students as...