Episode Details

A common pushback that practitioners of alternative grading get is that students "don't know how they are doing". In this episode, Sharona and Bosley take a hard look at progress tracking and communicating progress to students. We include a variety of examples of progress trackers provided by several different alternative graders and talk about the ways in which progress tracking is important, regardless of the grading system in use.

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Progress Trackers

• Tracking Mastery Worksheet Math 1090
• Example of MTH 210 Grade Record sheet W23
• Example of 85-310 grades checklist - spring 2024, by Abigail Noyce
• EGI Grade Check_Zeccola AP Lang, by Joe Zeccola and Robert Bosley
• Example CS 120 Learner progress tracker, by Dave Largent
• Sample Grade Sheet - by Abby Noble

Other Resources Mentioned in the Episode

• TED Talk: The Beauty of Data Visualization, David McCandless
• Getting Started Part 5: How to Determine When a Student has Completed a Learning Outcome and How to Roll it All Up Into a Final Grade
• Episode 48 – Implementation Challenges and Opportunities: A Conversation with Becky Peppler and Don Smith on Working with K-12 School Districts to implement Alternative Grading
• How to make and use grade trackers, Grading for Growth Blog, by David Clark

Resources

The Grading Conference - an annual, online conference exploring Alternative Grading in Higher Education & K-12.

Some great resources to educate yourself about Alternative Grading:

• The Grading for Growth Blog
• The Grading Conference

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