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jace

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A teacher has achievement test results showing that a student is only partially mastering skills in reading. The student has a borderline A/B grade in English. Giving the student the lower grade would be
 
  a. Valid and educationally advisable.
  b. Valid but educationally ill-advised.
  c. Invalid but educationally advisable.
  d. Invalid and educationally ill-advised.

Question 2

Which of the following grading approaches is MOST defensible when the purpose of grading is to provide students with feedback on how much progress they have made from their individual starting points?
 
  a. self-referenced grading
  b. norm-referenced grading
  c. criterion-referenced grading



joshbk44

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Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

a



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