Hi Sandra, Thank you for your comments on using grading criteria. I use a grading rubric that shows the students where they earned each group of points. This greatly reduces questions and help to zero in on specific areas that need work rather than they just receiving a score of 35 out of 100. They really don't know why they got the score they did. With the rubric they know by category where the points were earned or lost. This really speeds up the process when I conference with students because we can go to the problem areas and talk about them. Has this been your experience? Gary