Power and the Morality of Grading - A Case Study and a Few Critical Thoughts on Grade Normalization

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Deborah W. Post

Touro University - Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center

Date Written: 1997

Abstract

This article is a contribution to a 1997 symposium about the controversy surrounding grade normalization. The author contends that, rather than using grading as an educational tool to improve teaching and learning, law schools act as political institutions replicating a system in which resources are allocated in an irrational or unfair way and serve as instruments of oppression.

Keywords: grade normalization, strict statistical curve, grading, law school, educational theory, assessment

Suggested Citation

Post, Deborah W., Power and the Morality of Grading - A Case Study and a Few Critical Thoughts on Grade Normalization (1997). University of Missouri-Kansas City Law Review, Vol. 65, p. 777, 1997, Touro Law Center Legal Studies Research Paper, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2354604

Deborah W. Post (Contact Author)

Touro University - Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center ( email )

225 Eastview Drive
Central Islip, NY 11722
United States

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