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Back to Episodes#909: Rethinking “equitable” grading, with Adam Tyner and Meredith Coffey
Episode 909
Published 2 years, 8 months ago
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On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Adam Tyner and Meredith Coffey, the national research director and a senior research associate at the Fordham Institute, join Mike and David to discuss their new Think Again report on whether “equitable” grading benefits students. Then, on the Research Minute, Amber examines a new study investigating how extreme temperatures affect student performance on standardized tests.
Recommended content:
- “Think Again: Does ‘equitable’ grading benefit students?” —Adam Tyner and Meredith Coffey, Fordham Institute
- “Traditional grading may not be as straightforward as it seems” —Rick Hess and Joe Feldman, Education Week
- "A ‘no zeroes’ grading policy is the worst of all worlds” —Daniel Buck, Fordham Institute
- Deven Carlson and Adam Shepardson, “Under the Weather? The Effects of Temperature on Student Test Performance,” Annenberg Institute at Brown University (February 2024).
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