Grading for Growth

It's final exam week!

Some reading for you to enjoy until next week

Dec 8 • 

David Clark

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When Alternative Grading Meets Coordination

Lessons in scaling alternative grading to a multi-section, coordinated Calculus I course

Dec 1 • 

Lucas E. Quintero F.

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Rebecca Swanson

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2

November 2025

14 ways to find and build community

The importance of a community of support for alternative grading

Nov 24 • 

David Clark

4

Will the circle be unbroken?

Reflections on a recent study of anatomy & physiology instructors

Nov 17 • 

Greg Crowther

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9

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The Four Pillars of Alternative Grading

A framework for understanding and using alt-grading, no matter the starting point

Nov 10 • 

Robert Talbert

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Specifications Grading in an Asynchronous Liberal Arts Math Course

A multi-year reflection

Nov 3 • 

Melanie Butler

26

October 2025

Alice and Bob

An example of how traditional grades misrepresent learning

Oct 27 • 

David Clark

17

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Students as partners in learning assessment

Co-Creating grading criteria in an alternatively graded STEM course

Oct 20 • 

Sharon Stranford

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What three research articles on deliberate practice say about grading

The connection between deliberate practice and alternative grading is closer than you might think.

Oct 13 • 

Robert Talbert

21

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Specifications Grading and the LMS Gradebook

Helping Students Understand Their Course Progress

Oct 6 • 

Jody Langdon

31

September 2025

Knee-jerk reactions

Strong, sudden opinions about alternative grading

Sep 29 • 

David Clark

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Using collaborative grading as a new professor

Benefits and challenges of moving away from percentage-based grading

Sep 22 • 

Noel Warford

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