System Analysis and Design Project
Grading System

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1.0 Introduction

In our present generation are living in a modern world are being dependent on a digital information. Digital information is electronic information the result of computer processing. Every type of job nowadays relies upon getting information, using it, managing it, and relying information’s to others. Computers enable the efficient processing and storing information.

A Brief History was a paper explaining the evolution of grading practices and other assessment tools developed by teachers between the 18th and 20th centuries in the United States. Initially grading structure was nonexistent and later the requirements and grading scales were highly varied and depended on the predilections of the instructor who would scrutinize a student’s work based on a number of criteria primarily one or more of the following: neatness of work, the correct answer, and literary competence. Classrooms also could exhibit vastly different age groups as grade levels hadn’t yet been established. Teachers would also visit the student’s parents recurrently to verbally express their feelings about the pupil’s performance and to state if it was satisfactory or needed improvement. These oral reports sound time consuming for teachers, however attendance laws would come later and class sizes were often diminutive as many people at the time didn’t attend school. As time progressed a plethora of new more controlled grading formats were implemented for greater continuity; Prior to that letter grades and even percentages were assigned to students with rates which fluctuated greatly. This new system allowed for accuracy and improved comprehension so students and parents could assess performance and shortcomings in a more standardized scale. After having made these alterations educators could also more