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Bonni Stachowiak shares some ideas for how to grade creative assignments on episode 430 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast

Is alternative grading more resistant to bias?

Do alternative assessments really improve equity?

The focus of your course determines much of what happens in it.

Possibly the best place to start is with questions.

Possibly the best place to start is with questions.

Robert Talbert shares the results of his experiment over the past semester with this approach to assessing and reporting on student learning.

A statistical case against points-based grading

Today, we bring you another case study from our upcoming book, “Grading for Growth.” Today’s case study is a hybrid system that combines elements of standards-based grading, specifications grading, and other ideas that support the four pillars of assessment

Marks are how students interface with feedback loops. How can we make them work for us?

The EMRN rubric is a four-level rubric for evaluating student work. It uses a simple flowchart to categorize student work into one of four bins: The rubric was created by Rodney Stutzman and Kim Race, where it originated as the "EMRF" rubric in a 2004 article in Mathematics Teacher magazine.

I've been teaching college English for more than 30 years. Four years ago, I stopped putting grades on written work, and it has transformed

By Chy Sprauve Evaluating student work can be a stressful undertaking for instructors. Figuring out how to assess a student’s understanding of work done in a course can be difficult. We all know pe…

I've been using ungrading in my Modern Algebra class this semester. At week 11, here's how it's been going.

Through our feedback, we invite students into a conversation about their work.

Research shows that grades are often not a good reflection of student learning and growth, and that being graded can be stressful for students. In addition, many traditional grading practices ...

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A guest post from Joshua Eyler on an urgent conversation we should be having about how grades impact student well-being.

For a long time, I’ve been moving in the direction of ungrading. I’ve long known that grades, traditionally-defined and used, don’t reflect actual learning, and indeed often get i…

Josh Eyler discusses the problem with grades on episode 401 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast

Grading essays can be extremely time-consuming. Here are 12 smart--and simple--ideas to grade essays faster.

Suggestions for improving the speed and efficiency of your grading.