Airasian, Peter W. Classroom Assessment. 3rd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1997.

	Chapter 9 of Airasian's book (cited above) is entitled "Grading Pupil
	Performance" and presents sample grading scales as well as explanations
	of the rationales for their usage.

Chase, Clinton I. Contemporary Assessment for Educators. New York: Longman, 1999.

	Chapter 19 of Chase's book (cited above) is entitled "Assigning Grades" and
	covers "Types of Grades", "The Bases for Grading", and "Combining Marks to
	Produce Grades", among other sub-topics.

Gronlund, Norman E. Assessment of Student Achievement. 6th ed. Boston: Allyn and
     Bacon, 1998.

	Chapter 9 of Gronlund's book (cited above) is entitled "Assigning Grades".
	In addition to coverage of "Selecting the Basis for Grading" and "Combining
	Data for Grading", the chapter covers "Guidelines for Effective and Fair
	Grading".

Laska, John A., and Tina Juarez. Grading and Marking in American Schools: Two
     Centuries of Debate. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 1992.

Popham, W. James. Classroom Assessment: What Teachers Need to Know. 2nd ed.
     Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1999.

	Chapter 15 of Popham's book (cited above) is entitled "Evaluating Teaching
	and Grading Students" and covers grading approaches as well as the articulation
	and weighting of grading criteria.

Stiggins, Richard J., and Nancy Faires Conklin. In Teachers' Hands: Investigating
	the Practices of Classroom Assessment. SUNY Series in Educational
	Leadership. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1992.

Walvoord, Barbara E., and Virginia Johnson Anderson. Effective Grading: A Tool
	for Learning and Assessment. Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series.
	San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1998.