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Liang Liao – Teaching in Higher Education, 2024
This study explores how assessment criteria are applied in grading student work. It is found that explicit assessment criteria do not work as authoritative guidance as expected and that tacit criteria are more decisive in awarding a certain grade. Various sources that form idiosyncratic tacit criteria are identified. These sources, including…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Grading, Criterion Referenced Tests, Criteria