Contributing Writer Since as early as the late 1800s, universities have depended on a traditional grading system to evaluate ...

Recent faculty conversations about grading have focused on how to develop assessment practices that will better serve our teaching and our students’ learning. The pandemic, in part, catalyzed this ...

Education experts are examining alternative ways of grading that are more equitable and foster a better learning environment than the traditional letter grading, percentages and weighted assignments ...

Contributing Writer As a senior graduating this Fall semester, the grading system of GPAs and letters that have been an omnipotent presence in my academic career for most of my life will no longer be ...

Subject: Teaching: Does alternative grading work? Researchers have studied that. Advocates for alternative grading say it comes with many benefits. Their course expectations are clearer. Students’ ...

Traditional grading has been shown to undermine students’ motivation (Kohn, 2011) and perpetuate bias (Malouf and Thorenstein, 2016). While we all need to collect information about student learning ...

Adopters of alternative grading see it as offering something that traditional grading does not: a shift in student motivation away from chasing percentage points on quizzes and tests, and toward ...

An empty classroom at Henry M. Gunn High School in Palo Alto on April 3, 2020. Phoro by Magali Gauthier. “Evidence-based” grading, a grading system that focuses on a student’s growth rather than test ...

Whether we like them or not, grades are an important part of being a student. Grades can determine success rates, accessibility to schools and resources, and overall satisfaction. But how grades are ...

Imagine teaching a class where students never receive scores or grades on any assignments (they can still receive feedback)... What’s one benefit this could have for you as an educator or your ...