GRADING AND DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE.
Karl A. Smith · 1986
There are many possible bases for distributing grades to students. The teacher might, for example, give grades so as to produce equal outputs of student motivation, giving a high-ability student a lower grade than his or her performance warranted and vice versa for a low-ability student. Or the teacher might decide to give high grades to those who need them the most, for example, to those who need them to retain athletic eligibility. Or the teacher might decide to give them to those who work the hardest, those who accomplish the most, or those who help others the most.