Hellobee Boards Topic: Most fair way to grade a test?

Hellobee Boards Topic: Most fair way to grade a test? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 26 Apr 2026 17:31:12 +0000 Jess1483 on "Most fair way to grade a test?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-fair-way-to-grade-a-test#post-1829338 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 16:59:38 +0000 Jess1483 1829338@https://boards.hellobee.com/ When I graded as a TA in grad school I always read (without any correcting) a sample of about 10. I'd do this quickly, but it gave me a sense for whether the topic was largely understood or largely not understood. Although I wasn't the lecturer, this knowledge helped me grade fairly (I hope). Also, if it was a large class, I'd then go back and grab some I graded early, some in the middle, and some at the end to see if I felt like my standards changed. When I taught second grade, grading was generally pretty straight-forward, but if more than 1/4 of my class missed a concept, then I assumed I didn't teach it well enough, and then re-taught and re-tested. Mrs. Lemon-Lime on "Most fair way to grade a test?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-fair-way-to-grade-a-test#post-1829332 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 16:54:45 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1829332@https://boards.hellobee.com/ This week I am taking a course and exam for a professional designation. The exam is short answer essay and will be graded blindly. The facilitator advised we will each need to use a number on the actual exam and the number will tie in to a separate sheet we fill out. So far that sounded similar to my college blue books. Then, he went on to explain the graders will start with test 1 and read/ grade the answer for question 1 and read all of the test/ questions 1 before going to the second question. They will then start with the test 40/ last # and read/ grade question 2 before moving on. Each question gets read and graded together so if the majority got a part of a question right then it would be reasonable to presume others should have. If none of us wrote a particular part, then the graders would not hold that part against us. He described this as building the answer key while grading. This sounded fair and reasonable to me. As a teacher or student, what do you think is the most fair way to grade an exam?