grading
n. uncountablen. the process of checking a student's work and giving it a mark or score. It can also mean sorting things into different groups based on their quality.
n. the process of evaluating and assigning a mark to academic work, or the act of classifying items according to quality or size.
The teacher spent the whole weekend grading exams.
The school introduced a new grading system to provide more detailed feedback on student performance.
Standardized grading ensures that students across different regions are evaluated against the same criteria, though critics argue it can overlook individual creative growth.
Uncountable when referring to the general activity of marking work; can be countable when referring to specific industrial classification systems.