I find this fascinating as we just submitted grades for this semester and are bracing ourselves for grade appeals even though the grades were more than fair this semester.
This guy from this site has been tracking trends since the 1920s in private and public institutions. Gives an example of what a grade actually means these days.
I have seen this in many places my last 5 years of teaching - teachers and administrators nervous about angry parents, grade appeals, and getting fired based on the option to grade honestly. Many senior teachers I have worked with put together rubrics at the beginning of the year/semester and try their best to communicate those expectations to their students. Only one teacher in 5 years that I have worked with has truly stuck to their rubric and skillfully helped the students take responsibility for their work, whether it was A work or C work.
The inherent subjectivity in grading is undeniable. But, if a good teacher is able to create rubrics and hold students accountable, then it does add some piece of objectivity to the mess. And anyway, if they are hiring you to give the grades, then someone trusts that you will know what is good and what is awful, right? Isn't that why we've all spent so much time in school?
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