Narrative evaluation
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In education
, narrative evaluation is a form of performance measurement and feedback which can be used as an alternative or supplement to grading
. Narrative evaluations generally consist of several paragraphs of written text about a student's individual performance and course work. The style and form of narrative evaluations vary significantly among the educational institutions using them, and they are sometimes combined with other performance metrics, including letter and number grades and pass/fail designations.
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Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
, narrative evaluation is a form of performance measurement and feedback which can be used as an alternative or supplement to grading
Grade (education)
Grades are standardized measurements of varying levels of comprehension within a subject area. Grades can be assigned in letters , as a range , as a number out of a possible total , as descriptors , in percentages, or, as is common in some post-secondary...
. Narrative evaluations generally consist of several paragraphs of written text about a student's individual performance and course work. The style and form of narrative evaluations vary significantly among the educational institutions using them, and they are sometimes combined with other performance metrics, including letter and number grades and pass/fail designations.
CollegeCollegeA college is an educational institution or a constituent part of an educational institution. Usage varies in English-speaking nations...
s and universitiesUniversityA university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
that use narrative evaluations
- Alverno CollegeAlverno CollegeAlverno College is a Roman Catholic, four-year, independent, liberal arts college, historically and still primarily a women's college located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
- Antioch CollegeAntioch CollegeAntioch College is a private, independent liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio, United States. It was the founder and the flagship institution of the six-campus Antioch University system. Founded in 1852 by the Christian Connection, the college began operating in 1853 with politician and...
(Letter grades are provided to student upon request) - Bennington CollegeBennington CollegeBennington College is a liberal arts college located in Bennington, Vermont, USA. The college was founded in 1932 as a women's college and became co-educational in 1969.-History:-Early years:...
(Letter grades are available in addition to narrative evaluations upon request on a per course basis) - Bard CollegeBard CollegeBard College, founded in 1860 as "St. Stephen's College", is a small four-year liberal arts college located in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.-Location:...
(Students are given both letter grades and written comments via "criteria sheets" given mid-term and end-of-term) - Brown UniversityBrown UniversityBrown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
(Narrative course performance report optionally given in addition to letter grade) - Burlington CollegeBurlington CollegeBurlington College is a private liberal arts college located in Burlington, Vermont that offers Associate, Bachelor's, and Masters degrees, as well as several professional certificate programs...
(Students are provided an option for traditional transcripts.) - College of the AtlanticCollege of the AtlanticThe College of the Atlantic, founded in 1969, is a private, alternative liberal-arts college located in Bar Harbor on Mount Desert Island, Maine, United States. It awards a bachelor's degree solely in the field of human ecology, though with a variety of emphases. The college is small, with...
(Allows you to opt out of receiving letter grades) - The Evergreen State CollegeThe Evergreen State CollegeThe Evergreen State College is an accredited public liberal arts college and a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges. It is located in Olympia, Washington, USA. Founded in 1967, Evergreen was formed to be an experimental and non-traditional college...
(Letter/number grades are never used) - Fairhaven CollegeFairhaven CollegeFairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies is an interdisciplinary liberal arts college at Western Washington University. Instead of completing the general education requirements at Western, students take interdisciplinary classes at Fairhaven which aim to cover the same breadth and depth of...
, Western Washington UniversityWestern Washington UniversityWestern Washington University is one of six state-funded, four-year universities of higher education in the U.S. state of Washington. It is located in Bellingham and offers bachelor's and master's degrees.-History:... - Goddard CollegeGoddard CollegeGoddard College is a private, liberal arts college located in Plainfield, Vermont, offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Goddard College currently operates on an intensive low-residency model...
(Letter/number grades are never used) - Hampshire CollegeHampshire CollegeHampshire College is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1965 as an experiment in alternative education, in association with four other colleges in the Pioneer Valley: Amherst College, Smith College, Mount Holyoke College, and the University of Massachusetts...
(Letter/number grades are never used for Hampshire students; students in the Five CollegeFive Colleges (Massachusetts)The Five Colleges comprises four liberal arts colleges and one university in the Connecticut River Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts, totaling approximately 28,000 students. The schools belong to a consortium called Five Colleges, Incorporated, established in 1965...
interchange can get letter grades when their home institution requires it) - Johnston Center for Integrative StudiesJohnston Center for Integrative StudiesThe Johnston Center for Integrative Studies is an alternative education program offered by the University of Redlands in Redlands, California. The Johnston Center focuses on interdisciplinary education, in which each student designs the curriculum for his or her personal program of study...
, University of RedlandsUniversity of RedlandsThe University of Redlands is a private liberal arts and sciences university located in Redlands, California. The university's campus sits on near downtown Redlands. The university was founded in 1907 and was associated with the American Baptist Church. The land for the university was donated by... - Marlboro CollegeMarlboro CollegeMarlboro College is a small, coeducational, alternative liberal-arts college in Marlboro, Vermont, USA.-History:Marlboro College was founded in 1946 by Walter Hendricks for returning World War II veterans on Potash Hill in Marlboro, Vermont. The school's operation was initially financed using money...
- New College of FloridaNew College of FloridaNew College of Florida is a public liberal arts college located in Sarasota, Florida. It was founded originally as a private institution and is now an autonomous honors college of the State University System of Florida.-History:...
(Letter/number grades are never used) - New Saint Andrews CollegeNew Saint Andrews CollegeNew Saint Andrews College is a classical Christian college located in Moscow, Idaho. It was founded in 1994 and modeled in part on the curriculum of Harvard College of the seventeenth century. The college offers no undergraduate majors, but follows a single, integrated classical liberal arts...
(Short evaluations in addition to a system of Latin letter grades) - Northeastern University School of LawNortheastern University School of LawNortheastern University School of Law is a law school in Boston, Massachusetts. From the time of its founding in 1898, the law school's mission has focused on addressing the needs of students and of society....
(School of Law only, letter/number grades are never used) - Oxford University (Short evaluations in addition to letter grades)
- Prescott CollegePrescott CollegePrescott College is a private liberal arts college in Prescott, Arizona, founded in 1966. It is a non-profit organization which has an undergraduate body of roughly 800 students, and an average student to faculty ratio of 7:1 in on-campus classrooms...
(Letter grades are available in addition to narrative evaluations upon request on a per course basis) - Residential College, University of MichiganUniversity of MichiganThe University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
(Letter/number grades are assigned by request, evaluations by default) - St John's CollegeSt. John's College, U.S.St. John's College is a liberal arts college with two U.S. campuses: one in Annapolis, Maryland and one in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Founded in 1696 as a preparatory school, King William's School, the school received a collegiate charter in 1784, making it one of the oldest institutions of higher...
(Known as the Don Rag; letter grades are recorded and available by request) - Sarah Lawrence CollegeSarah Lawrence CollegeSarah Lawrence College is a private liberal arts college in the United States, and a leader in progressive education since its founding in 1926. Located just 30 minutes north of Midtown Manhattan in southern Westchester County, New York, in the city of Yonkers, this coeducational college offers...
(Letter grades are provided to student upon request) - Soka University of AmericaSoka University of AmericaSoka University of America is a university located in Aliso Viejo, California, United States. It describes its mission as the fostering of a steady stream of global citizens committed to living a contributive life—with an emphasis on principles of pacifism, human rights, and the creative...
(Narrative evaluations and P/NP grade for up to 5 courses) - University of California, Santa CruzUniversity of California, Santa CruzThe University of California, Santa Cruz, also known as UC Santa Cruz or UCSC, is a public, collegiate university; one of ten campuses in the University of California...
(Narrative evaluations are given in addition to letter grades. Recently, narrative evaluations were made optional.) - University of WashingtonUniversity of WashingtonUniversity of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...
: Community, Environment, and Planning (CEP major only, narrative transcripts complement the Pass/Fail on the UW transcript) - Yale Law SchoolYale Law SchoolYale Law School, or YLS, is the law school of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Established in 1824, it offers the J.D., LL.M., J.S.D. and M.S.L. degrees in law. It also hosts visiting scholars, visiting researchers and a number of legal research centers...
(Letter/number grades are never used)
High schoolHigh schoolHigh school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
s that use narrative evaluations
- The Academy at CharlemontAcademy at CharlemontThe Academy at Charlemont is a small, private, college-preparatory day school, located on the Deerfield River in Charlemont, Massachusetts, that serves grade 7 through postgraduate. It has approximately 110 students. The school was founded by Eric Grinnell, Dianne Grinnell, David W. McKay, Patricia...
, Charlemont, MA (Narratives in addition to letter grade) - Conservatory Prep Senior High, Davie, FL (Narratives in addition to letter grade)
- Lehman Alternative Community SchoolLehman Alternative Community SchoolThe Lehman Alternative Community School is a nationally renowned public, educational alternative, combined middle and high school in the Ithaca City School District in Ithaca, New York. Serving grades 6-12 with approximately 305 students, the school is known for its small class size,...
(Grades are never used) - The Urban School of San FranciscoThe Urban School of San FranciscoThe Urban School of San Francisco is a private high school located adjacent to Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California. Urban offers a rigorous college preparatory program in math, science, the arts and humanities. All students are issued state-of-the-art laptop computers for school and home...
(Extensive narratives; GPA is provided at end of year and trimesterly from 11th grade onward) - Hamden Hall Country Day SchoolHamden Hall Country Day SchoolHamden Hall Country Day School is a coeducational private day school in Hamden, Connecticut, offering classes from PreSchool through Grade 12. Hamden Hall was founded in 1912 as an elementary day school for boys by Dr. John P. Cushing, its first Headmaster. The school has been coeducational since...
(Short narratives in addition to number grade) - The Oakwood School in Los Angeles (Narratives in addition to letter grade)
- Hopkins SchoolHopkins SchoolThe Hopkins School is a private, college-preparatory, coeducational day school, located in New Haven, Connecticut....
(Short narratives in addition to letter/number grade) - The Met in Rhode Island: http://www.themetschool.org/?q=home (Narratives are converted to grades for college admissions purposes)
- Wildwood Secondary School in Los Angeles: http://wildwood.org/ (Narratives are converted to grades for college admissions purposes)
- The Madeira SchoolThe Madeira SchoolThe Madeira School is a private, non-denominational preparatory boarding school for girls located in McLean, Virginia, United States. Originally located on 19th Street near Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C., it was founded by Lucy Madeira Wing in 1906 and moved to the Northern Virginia suburb of...
(Short narratives in addition to letter grade) - San Roque High School in Santa Barbara, Ca Narratives in addition to letter grade)
- Pacific Crest Community School in Portland, OR (Grades are never used)
- Jefferson County Open School in Lakewood, CO (Letter/number grades are never used)
- StoneSoup School, Fl (Narrative GPA constructed at end of 12th grade)
- Youth Initiative High School: http://www.yihs.net/ (Grades are never used)
- Trinity School at GreenlawnTrinity School at GreenlawnTrinity School at Greenlawn is a private 7-12 school located in South Bend, Indiana. It was founded by the People of Praise community in 1980 with fewer than 30 students. Since then it has developed a strong educational presence that attracts students from all parts of northwest Indiana and...
: South Bend, IN http://www.trinityschools.org (Narratives in addition to letter grade) - Trinity School at River RidgeTrinity School at River RidgeTrinity School at River Ridge is an independent school located in Eagan, Minnesota. Owned and operated by Trinity Schools, Inc, it is a Christian school providing classical education to students in grades 7-12. The River Ridge campus was founded in 1987 by the People of Praise, an ecumenical...
: Twin Cities, MN http://www.trinityschools.org (Narratives in addition to letter grade) - Trinity School at Meadow ViewTrinity School at Meadow View-Trinity School at Meadow View:Trinity School at Meadow View is a Blue Ribbon Award-winning independent school in Falls Church, Virginia, owned and operated by Trinity Schools, Inc. It is a Christian school providing classical education to students in grades 7-12. The school was founded in 1998 by...
: Falls Church, VA http://www.trinityschools.org (Narratives in addition to letter grade) - Sagesse High SchoolSagesse High SchoolSagesse High School is a private, Catholic co-educational, day and boarding school located in the suburb of Ain Saadeh, Matn District, Lebanon...
: Ain-Saadeh, Lebanon http://www.sagessehs.edu.lb (Narratives in addition to grade scores) - Allendale Columbia school in Rochester, NY Narratives in addition to letter grade)