Information pertaining to the overall grading standards and practices within the five Peralta Colleges is compiled and analyzed here. The report is presented in three parts. The first part deals with the historical background of traditional and non-punitive grading, the national trends toward innovation and experimentation with various forms of nonpunitive grading and a review of several studies on grading practices and policies in California Community Colleges. The second part deals with the formal laws, rules, regulations and policy statements that make up the legal background of the issue of grading. This section covers the constitutional background, California statutory provisions, Title 5 of the California Administrative Code, the Peralta Board Policy Manual, and college catalogs. The third and concluding section contains the actual compilation and analysis of the Peralta grade distributions and course withdrawal frequencies: limitations, grade distribution comparisons (institutional patterns and departmental patterns), Peralta course withdrawal frequencies, and summary and analysis. Relevant codes, regulations and data analyses are appended. (KM)