A holiday break

Dec 27, 2021

Photo by David, who has hobbies other than math and grading!

We’re taking a break to relax with our families this week. We hope you have a chance to take a bit of time offline as well. If you’re missing our regularly scheduled posts, here are a few of our favorites that might be helpful before we pick up again.

See you early next year, when I’ll post a reflection on my first semester of ungrading!

The “I’m completely changing my assessments and the semester starts in a week!!” starter pack:

Grading for Growth

Three steps for getting started with alternative grading

In the five months since David and I started this blog, one thing has become crystal clear to us about alternatives to traditional grading: There is a great hunger among educators to change how assessment and grading are done. We're closing in on 500 subscribers here at…

3 years ago · 2 likes · Robert Talbert

Grading for Growth

What to expect when you're alternatively assessing

So you’re taking the plunge: Next semester, you’re going to change up your assessments. Perhaps Robert’s post from last week, three key steps for getting started with alternative assessments, got you moving. Or, maybe you’ve been thinking about it for a few semesters and finally decided to jump in…

3 years ago · David Clark

The “I need to dig into some details” series:

Grading for Growth

Reasonable reassessments

Learning doesn’t happen all at once. It takes time, and involves mistakes, feedback, reflection, and revision. This reassessment feedback loop is a critical part of learning, which is why it’s one of the four pillars that we’ve proposed for alternative grading systems…

3 years ago · David Clark

Grading for Growth

The care and feeding of tokens

Courses taught using alternative grading systems benefit students in part because the rules of engagement are clear. Not fake-clear, as in points-based systems where lots of information about grading hides behind formulas, but actual clarity where what students are expected to do in a course to demonstrate their learning…

3 years ago · 2 comments · Robert Talbert

The “What’s this all about, then?” primer:

Grading for Growth

Finding common ground with grading systems

As David and I write and engage with others about grading, there’s definitely a sense that the time is coming, and maybe is already here, for a wholesale change in how we grade in higher education. When David wrote last week about the profusion of alternative grading techniques…

3 years ago · Robert Talbert

Grading for Growth

Zooming in on all-or-nothing assessments

Last week, Robert proposed some “common ground” that underlies many of the assessment approaches we discuss on this blog. This week, I’m going to attempt to cut some more clarity into the jungle of alternative assessment methods. In this post, I’ll look at three common approaches to alternative assessments…

3 years ago · David Clark

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