To determine possible predictors of grades assigned by graduate teaching assistants in physical education service programs, average grade assignments of 20 assistants for one quarter, collected over 2 yr., were compared with demographic data, teaching experience, GRE scores, total score on the Tennessee Self-concept Scale, and teachers' ratings. Bivariate correlations indicated that the average grade assigned by assistants was related significantly to sex, marital status, and global self-concept; however, age, teaching experience in public schools, total GRE scores, and students' ratings of teachers' effectiveness were not related significantly to the mean grades assigned to students.
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