Grading Myths Resource Lists

The Case Against Grades
Kohn, Educational Leadership - 2016

The Case Against Percentage Grades
Guskey, ascd Special Topic 2013

A Century of Grading Research: Meaning and Value in the Most Common Educational Measure
Brookhart, Guskey, Bowers, McMillan, Smith, Smith, Stevens, Welsh - Review of Educational Research -2016

Getting a Fair Shot -Three Findings From a Study Of University Officials' Views on the Use of Standards-Based Grading in Admissions Decisions
Buckmiller & Peters, AASA School Administrator - The School Superintendents Association - 2018

Grades That Show What Students Know
Marzano & Heflebower, Educational Leadership - 2011

Grading for Equity
Feldman - 2019

Grading: Why You Should Trust Your Judgment
Guskey & Jung - ascd - 2016

How Do Colleges View Proficiency-Based Transcripts?
Leadership in Action Supplement - New England Secondary School Consortium Resource - 2017

Losing As and Fs: What Works For Schools Implementing Standards-Based Grading
Townsley & Buckmiller, Educational Considerations - 2020

Making the Call Inside Admissions Offices
Riede, AASA School Administrator - The School Superintendents Association - 2018

Policy Spotlight on New England How Selective Colleges and Universities Evaluate Proficiency-Based High School Transcripts
Blauth & Hadjian, New England Board of Higher Education - 2016

The Problem with Grading | Harvard Graduate School of Education
Hough, Ed. Magazine - Harvard Graduate School of Education - 2023

Teacher Grading Decisions: Influences, Rationale, and Practices
Kunnath, American Secondary Education - 2017

Transforming Classroom Grading
Marzano, 2000

Understanding the Role of Traditional & Proficiency-Based Grading Systems Upon Student Learning and College Admissions
Erbes, Wizner, & Powlis, Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, 2021

Undoing the Traditions of Grading and Reporting | AASA
Guskey, AASA School Administrator - The School Superintendents Association -2021

What We Know About Grading
Editors - Guskey & Brookhart -2019