TY - BOOK AU - Yorke,Mantz TI - Grading student achievement in higher education: signals and shortcomings T2 - Key issues in higher education series SN - 0415393965 (hbk) PY - 2008/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Grading and marking (Students) KW - Case studies N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Prologue : through a glass, darkly : The complexity of assessment -- Grading and its limitations -- Variations in assessment regulations : three case studies -- UK honours degree classifications, 1994-95 to 2001-02 : a case study -- How real is grade inflation? -- The cumulation of grades -- Value added -- Fuzziness in assessment -- Judgement, rather than measurement? -- Epilogue : beyond the sunset ER -