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Assessing Mature People When adults with various life experiences make the decision to return to school, they are usually motivated to put the effort into their studies in a way that students beginning their "thirteenth year of high school," are not. When these two are placed side by side in learning situations, the idea of how to grade returning students versus continuing students, often arises. How does a teacher assess the motivated adult learner, especially when their performance may not seem to equal that of their more technology savvy, younger counterparts? By assessing students on t...