Education majors can practice evaluating and assigning grades without actually grading their peers. I think having students give an evaluation in labs or for oral reports or other projects is great, but my read on the FH is that those should not be influencing final course grades. Joanne Curran, Ph.D. Associate Dean Division of Education 205A Fitzelle Hall SUNY College at Oneonta Oneonta, NY 13820-4015 (607) 436-2541 -----Original Message----- From: Teaching Breakfast List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Helser, Terry ([log in to unmask]) Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 1:12 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Student Grading Question All interested parties, Can students evaluate other student's performances like team oral reports? The Faculty Handbook, which I know may not have any/full force of law/policy, says: "Students and Grading Students (including work study students, teaching assistants, etc.) must not be permitted to participate in any form of grading. This includes, but is not limited to, evaluating and/or assigning grades, posting grades, handling grade change forms or grade sheets." p. 75 I have lab teams fill out a rubric evaluating other teams' reports and use them with my own to arrive at a grade for each student. I feel this is a valid and useful experience for all of them, but particularly for education majors. How do prospective teachers learn to evaluate their students without training and practice in education courses? Am I missing something? Seems like a catch 22, if the FH is taken literally. Cheers! Terry