Grading for Equity

Toni Rose is joined by Megan Leich to discuss her philosophy on and approaches to grades, grading, and assessment.

Show Notes

• More info on MCP Webinars and Scholarships

• Cult of Pedagogy episodes featuring MCP:

  • Everything You Need To Know About Building A Great Screencast Video
  • How to Create a Self-Paced Classroom
  • Setting up Mastery-Based Grading in your Classroom

• Megan's ESRN grading scale (based on Robert Talbert’s EMRN scale):

  • E: Excellent 
    • Student’s submission goes beyond satisfactory requirements in a measurable way
    • I provide examples of what that could look like (including additional skills in a project, going deeper into a topic, etc - it depends on what the assessment and standards/outcomes are)
  • S: Satisfactory
    • Student’s submission meets the standards/requirements
    • Revision is optional 
  • R: Revise
    • Some part of the submission doesn’t meet the requirements yet
    • Revision is required
  • N: Not Accessable
    • The submission can’t be assessed for some reason (it’s not submitted, it’s not shared correctly, it’s missing a section, etc)
    • Revision is required

• Resources from Megan (a short selection, many of which she mentioned on the episode):

  • Hacking Assessment (Starr Sackstein)
  • Ungrading (Susan Blum, editor)
  • Grading for Equity (Joe Feldman)
  • Specifications Grading (Linda Nilson)
  • Grading for Growth Blog
  • Other folks to follow:
    • Courtney Sobers (Rutgers University)
    • Clarissa Sorensen-Unruh (Central New Mexico Community College)
    • Matt Townsley (University of N. Iowa)

• Email Megan at megan.leich@modernclassrooms.org

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