Search Details

Word: gradinger (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

But if you happen to run into Layton at Lamont, he is most likely not looking up a reserve reading. Rather, he is probably brushing up on Robert Frost or Walt Whitman in preparation for tomorrow's class. Or, he is grading the homework assignments and quizzes that he designs...

Author: By Dafna V. Hochman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Active Voice: Students at the Head of the Class | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

However, these possible benefits are coming at too high a cost for the class of 2003. From a purely pragmatic viewpoint, there will be far too many students coming out of the public schools sans diploma unless there is a dramatic increase in test scores. In our increasingly technological society...

Author: By David M. Debartolo, | Title: Test Scores Should Not Deny Diplomas | 11/30/1999 | See Source »

The Yale administration proved more conciliatory to the student protesters than their colleagues elsewhere. In Bush's senior year, the dress code was abolished and Yale moved to a pass-fail grading system. For the first time, public high school graduates outnumbered prep school graduates at Yale. And University Chaplain...

Author: By James Y. Stern, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bush Spent Undergrad Years Away From Politics | 11/17/1999 | See Source »

The American values of free expression and individuality are being undermined in the very places where they should be nurtured. Students find their unique talents and abilities ignored in favor of rote memorization skills. Students quickly learn how to play the game. In his essay "A Proposal to Abolish Grading...

Author: By Malik B. Ali, | Title: Stifling Our Students' Minds | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

This ranking procedure is complicated and involves dozens of factors, Dasgupta says. Fifty percent of the grading is based on the fire department itself, 10 percent on the fire department's communication abilities (the time it takes for a dispatcher to send the closest fire company to the emergency), and...

Author: By Marc J. Ambinder, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hot Spot: How the Cambridge Fire Department Earned Its Coveted 'Class One' Ranking | 10/20/1999 | See Source »

| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Next