marking (
http://definr.com/marking)
n 1: a distinguishing symbol; "the owner's mark was on all the
sheep" [syn:
marker,
mark]
2: a pattern of marks
3: evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score;
"what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he
had to do" [syn:
grading,
scoring]
4: the act of making a visible mark on a surface