http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/grading-policy Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Fri, 22 May 2026 13:55:40 -0400 Fri, 22 May 2026 13:55:40 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1682/the-value-of-homework-is-homework-an-important-tool-for-learning-in-the-classroom By Steven A. Carbone II - Education consultant Ken O’Connor (1999) suggests eight guidelines for successful assessment, which includes a directive to not mark every single assignment for grades, but rather take a sampling of student efforts in order to assess how much they have learned. His approach pushes for a more standards based approach in determining grades, combining formative assessment to track students’ grasp of lesson concepts as they learn, enabling adjustment of teaching practice on-the-fly, and summative assessment in the form of a test or quiz, which measures the level of student knowledge and... Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:35 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1682/the-value-of-homework-is-homework-an-important-tool-for-learning-in-the-classroom