Although it has nothing to do with technology in education, I saw Robert Marzano speak last night at the 2008 Solution Tree Summit - Ahead of the Curve. He presented a solid rationale for moving away from the traditional 100 point scale and provided solid methods to move towards a true rubric scale along with conversions to both letter and percent grades. Several educators expressed how difficult it would be to convert to this new method of grading though with the information Marzano presented, I feel it's a feasible and viable alternative. Marzano presented a simple and easy to apply to a variety of topics rubric and demonstrated how mastery could be tracked in 3 different ways: single assessment, trend over time, and final evaluation.
Today Doug Reeves, Thomas Guskey, and Stephen White are presenting regarding grading, assessments, and the use of data.
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I have heard, but have not verified, that Evergreen State College, in Olympia, WA, is one campus that has integrated a Rubric-based evaluation program campus wide. http://www.evergreen.edu/
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