I wonder what you think about the grading of teachers' colleges. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/09/education/09teachers.html?_r=1&hpw Savannah Liangmei Bao, Ed.D. Counselor & Alumni Network Development Educational Opportunity Program Office of Special Programs 115D Alumni Hall SUNY College at Oneonta Oneonta, NY 13820 Phone: (607) 436-3095 Fax: (607) 436-2996 -----Original Message----- From: Teaching Breakfast List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Nepkie, Janet ([log in to unmask]) Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 1:22 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Student Grading Question FERPA allows students to evaluate each other's work. Our own local policies go well beyond FERPA requirements. Education records are currently defined as records that are directly related to a ³student² and maintained by an ³educational agency or institution² or by a party acting for the agency or institution. (Owasso Indep. Sch. Dist. No. I-011 v. Falvo, 534 U.S. 426 (2002)). grades on studentsı papers are not ³maintained² under the definition of ³education records² and, therefore, would not be covered under FERPA at least until the teacher has collected and recorded them in the teacherıs grade book, a decision consistent with the Departmentıs longstanding position on peer-grading. The Court rejected assertions that students were ³parties acting for² an institution when they scored each otherıs work and that the student papers were, at that stage, ³maintained² within the meaning of FERPA. Dr. J. Nepkie SUNY Distinguished Service Professor Professor of Music and Music Industry Fine Arts 145 State University College Oneonta, NY 13820 tele: (607) 436 3425 fax: 607 436 2718 [log in to unmask] On 2/10/11 1:11 PM, "Helser, Terry ([log in to unmask])" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >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