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The analysis inductively examines 23 policies’ purposes of grades, methods of generating grades, and the relationship between grading and formative assessment. Results identify both cross-Canada consistencies and meaningful variation. 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In total, 23 policies were inductively analyzed for their articulation of (a) the purposes of grades,(b) the methods used for generating grades, and (c) the relationship between grading and formative assessment. Our analysis revealed significant areas of consistency across Canada while also highlighting important areas of variation. Implications of these findings on the value and use of grades within and across educational systems in Canada are discussed.  \nKeywords: grading practices, grading policies, summative assessment, evaluation, Canadian education  \nGrading has been a longstanding tradition in education. Since as early as 1792, when William Farish a tutor at Cambridge University established grading as a quantitative method for efficiently teaching and tracking students, grades have become the dominant process for summating and communicating student achievement (Brookhart, 2013) . Within contemporary standards-based systems of education, evident particularly across many jurisdictions in Canada and elsewhere, grades are increasingly used to make public statements about student learning in relation to common curriculum standards and performance expectations (Brookhart et al., 2016) . Specifically, grades are evaluative statements about student learning and achievement based on summative forms of assessments. Previous research into grading has focused primarily on the reliability of teachers’ grades (Brimi, 2011; Brookhart, 2015) and the predictive and concurrent validity of grades in relation to other achievement measures (Thorsen, 2014) . One consistent finding across grading literature is that teachers have variable grading practices that involve differentially weighting student achievement evidence in relation to non-achievement factors such as student effort, work habits, previous achievement, parental expectations, and grade consequences (Brookhart et al., 2016; McMillan & Nash, 2000; Randall & Engelhard, 2010; Stiggins, Frisbie,& Griswold, 1989) .  \nGrading policies have also been identified as a primary external factor influencing teachers’ grading decisions (McMillan & Nash, 2000) . Previous studies have shown that teachers’understanding of the meaning and value of grades are influenced by local and government grading policies, especially in standards-based systems of education (Noonan, 2002; Simon et al., 2010; Stiggins et al., 1989). Policy-based grading has also been suggested as a means to reduce the variability in teachers’ grading practices leading to more consistent grade decisions. Poli-  \ncy-based grading means that governing bodies make explicit guidelines and/or practices to direct teachers’grading practices through policy decisions and documentation. The presence of assessment policies in each of Canada’s provinces and territories suggest that teachers operate within a policy-based approach to grading across the country.  \nWithin the Canadian context, each province and territory has adopted a standards-based framework of education, with grades serving as the primary and most consistent metric for reporting student achievement (Volante & Ben Jaafar, 2008) . However, due to the provincial/ territorial responsibility of education throughout Canada, the grading policies across the country vary. The purpose of this study is to provide comprehensive information on the content and scope of grading policies across the 13 standards-based systems of education in Canada. This study considers the degree of variation in grading policies and the consis","cbCainPFGH1I4ej3","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCainPFGH1I4ej3","pdf",418783,"English","# Introduction\n# Context: Education in Canada\n## Decentralized governance and assessment implications\n# Purpose and Scope of the Study\n## Province- and territory-based standards\n# Policy-Based Grading\n## Directives, guidelines, and documentation\n# Analysis Framework\n## Purposes of grades\n## Grade construction methods\n## Grade composition and relationship to formative assessment\n# Findings and Implications","[{\"question\":\"What is the main focus of this landscape study on Canadian grading?\",\"answer\":\"The study systematically reviews grading policies across Canada’s provinces and territories, focusing on their purposes, grade construction methods, and how grades relate to formative assessment.\"},{\"question\":\"How many grading policies were analyzed and from where?\",\"answer\":\"A total of 23 policies were analyzed through document analysis of ministry-based policies from all 10 provinces and 3 territories.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the paper say about consistency versus variation across Canada?\",\"answer\":\"The analysis found significant consistency in some areas while also highlighting important variation across different provincial and territorial systems.\"}]","Grading Policies and Practices in Canada - A Landscape Study | PDF",1792083657,48]