The Grading Podcast
By Sharona Krinsky and Robert Bosley
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Episodes: 152
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Grading is an extremely important and largely unexamined piece of the classroom puzzle. In this weekly podcast, Sharona Krinsky and Robert Bosley, two long time classroom instructors from the K-12 and Higher Ed worlds, explore the nuts and bolts of grading student work. From looking at traditional grading practices to other types of grading such as alternative grading, equitable grading, ungrading, and more, join us as we and our guests provide the research, practices, and details needed to create a more effective grading practice that supports student learning and success. For more information, check out our website, https://www.thegradingpod.com
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151 - Designing Impactful Courses Using Self-Determination Theory - with Dan Guberman
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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150 - Finding Joy in Teaching Again with Kimberly Ellen Hall and Dan Guberman
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May 26, 2026 |
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149 - Building a Classroom About Learning: Alt Grading in an Introduction to Theater Arts class with Teresa Focarile
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May 19, 2026 |
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148 - Oral Exams, Feedback Loops, and the Future of Assessment
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May 12, 2026 |
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147 - Equity Isn't Automatic: Lessons Learned from Specifications Grading
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May 05, 2026 |
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146 - AI, Ethics, and the Future of Grading PLUS a first look at the Schedule for the 2026 Grading Conference
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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145 - The Wrap-Up Dilemma: Turning Evidence into a Final Grade with Dr. Tim Monk
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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144 - Second-Order Change: Why Grading Reform Requires Leadership, Not Just Teachers
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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143 - Barrier or Breakthrough? Course Coordination and the Future of Grading with Deb Carney
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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142 - Please Harvard! Don't get it wrong this time!! What's wrong with a cap on A's - a discussion with Dr. Stephanie Valentine
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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141 - The Ungrading Spectrum: From Compliance to Student Ownership
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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140 - Beyond Labels: Specifications, Standards and Designing Better Grading - with Adriana Streifer
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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139 - Using Your Values to Design Your Grading with Dr. Lindsay Masland
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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138 - Too Many A’s Or Too Much Confusion?
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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137 - Mild, Medium, Spicy: Gamifying Mastery in Grade 7 Math with Gabriel Despatie
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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136 - Grading for Physicists, Not Point Collectors - with Chris Sarkonak
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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135 - The Interaction of Alt Grading, Trauma-Informed Pedagogy, & Pedagogy of Kindness
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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134 - (Replay) Exploring Alt Grading in Physical Education (in more detail) with Josh Ogilvie
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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133 - To Display (Grades) or Not To Display (Grades) - That is the Question!
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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132 - New Semester, New Grading: Building Trust Before Content
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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131 - Why Now? The Urgency of Grading Reform in an AI-Saturated Era
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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130 - Rubric or Scoring Guide: Why Clarity Matters and How to Build Effective Rubrics
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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129 - (Replay) The Results are IN! Traditional Grading and Alternative Grading Went HEAD TO HEAD!!! What happened?
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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128 - (Replay)Visionary Leadership: Culture Change through Asking Questions - A 10-Year Journey to Building-Wide Grading Reform
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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127 - An LMS Designed from the Ground Up for Alt Grading? Tell Me More! With Stephanie Valentine
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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126 - AI-Aware Teaching, Mastery Quizzes, and the Future of Grading with Derek Bruff
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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125 - Five Steps to Redesign Your Course in the Age of AI
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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124 - Extinguishing the Fires in Grading Reform (Replay)
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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123 - Discovering Your Teacher Assessment Identity
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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122 - From Just-In-Time Teaching to Ungrading: A Conversation with Dr. Sharon Stranford
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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121 - Taking the Next Step in Collaborative Grading: A Deep Dive into Student Partnership in a Biology Class
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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120 - Learning Takes Time: Dr. Wendy Smith on Teacher Preparation, Ungrading, and Rethinking Deadlines
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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119 - When Flexibility Isn't Enough: Alternative Grading and Neurodivergent Students - A Conversation with Emily Pitts Donahoe and Sarah Silverman
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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118 - Designing Evidence-Based Change: Inside the Alt Grading Institute with Michael Palmer
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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117 - Excuses, excuses: 10 Reasons People Give for NOT Implementing Alternative Grading and How To Reply to Them
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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116 - Growing Student Autonomy and Agency (Without Driving Yourself Crazy!)
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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115 - Don't Do This Alone! The Importance of Community for Creating Sustainable Change
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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114 - Grading What Matters: Leveraging Extrinsic Motivation to Grow Students in Multiple Dimensions
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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113 - Experience First, Formalize Later: How switching to standards-based grading schoolwide enabled drastic change in the classroom, with Jen Smielewski
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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112 - Squaring the Circle: Excellence vs Expertise with Jeff Anderson
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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111 - Getting Unstuck from the Grade Wrap-Up: The Importance of Purpose Redux
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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110 - Developing Your Assessments Through the Lens of Competencies, with Camp from NEIA
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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109 - Live from MathFest 2025: Trends, thoughts, and directions
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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108 - The Importance of Purpose: Getting Unstuck in the Course Redesign Cycle
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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107 - Transitioning to Alternative Grading Can Take Time to Be Successful: The Importance of Longer Term Metrics
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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106 - Reflecting on a six-week summer course with Dr. Robert Talbert.
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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105 - Is Alternative Grading at a Tipping Point?
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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104: Ideas and Recommendations for Iterating Through the Course Redesign Cycle
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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103 - Themes and Lessons from the 2025 Grading Conference
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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102 - Critical Digital Pedagogy: Thinking Critically About Grading, AI and How We Decide to Do What We Do, An Interview with Dr. Sean Michael Morriss
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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101 - Visionary Leadership: Culture Change through Asking Questions - A 10-Year Journey to Building-Wide Grading Reform
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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100 - Getting the Band Back Together! The OGs discuss the last decade of Alt Grading and Where We See It Going Next!
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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99 - Challenging Grading as a System: Labor-Based Grading in Rhetoric and Composition, An Interview with Asao Inoue
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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98 - Sessions and Topics and Toolkits - oh my!!! Previewing the 2025 Grading Conference with the Conference Organizing Team.
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May 27, 2025 |
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97 - Distinguishing Different Letter Grades: The Three Hurdles Model
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May 20, 2025 |
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96 - Alt Grading and Administrators: Supporting Teachers and Getting Support from Admin
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May 13, 2025 |
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95 - Standards Based Reporting and Grading at the Elementary School Level
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May 06, 2025 |
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94 - Replay: The Human Impact of our Assessments on Students, What story do your assessments tell about a student? An Interview with Sean Nank
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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93 - The Importance of Understanding AI as an Instructor in Order to Comprehend It's Impact on Your Students and Your Grading
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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92 - Researching Grading Reform: Building the Evidence to Change the System
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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91 - Feedback: Improving How We Give It and How Students Use It
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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90 - Building a Community of Practice AND Even MORE Misuse of Mathematics!!!!!!
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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89 - AI and CheckIt: Tools and Methods for Gathering Evidence of Learning (Making Assessment Writing Easier)
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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88 - Unearned Grades: Remaking the Conversation about Grade "Inflation"
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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87 - The Impact of AI on Alternative Grading: Talking with Dr. Robert Talbert
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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86 - Traditional Grading Revisited: Deficiencies and Beliefs
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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85 - Instructor Beliefs and Their Role in the Classroom - with Dr. Patrick Morriss
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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84 - Standards Based Grading in Engineering, A Method for Focusing on Learning - an interview with Dr. Corin Bowen
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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83 - Starting the Conversation About Grading with Others Before They Realize You Are Talking About Grading
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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82 - The Impact of Retakes - MORE results are in! Also, get ready for the 2025 Grading Conference!
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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81 - The role of DBER in researching the impact of Alternative Grading Practices, an interview with Dr. Jenny Momsen
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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80: The Results are IN! Traditional Grading and Alternative Grading Went HEAD TO HEAD!!! What happened?
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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79 - Reaching Critical Mass: A Schoolwide Implementation of Alt Grading, How Feedback changes Student Interactions, and Other Tidbits from Phil Stringer
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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78 - Looking more at Proficiency Scales - Doing "Bee" Work: An Interview with Patrick Morriss
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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77 - Happy New Year! Replay of Alt Grading in Large Chemistry Classes: An Interview with Dr. Eden Tanner
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Dec 31, 2024 |
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76 - Happy Holidays! A Replay of Our First Interview with Dr. Matt Towsnley - the Sportscaster of Alternative Grading
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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75 - Failing Our Future: How Grades Harm Students and What We Can Do About It: An Interview with Dr. Josh Eyler
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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74 - Exploring Alt Grading in Physical Education (in more detail) with Josh Ogilvie
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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73 - Alt Grading in the Natural Sciences and the Social Sciences: An Interview with Annie and Ed Ransom (And our FIRST Alt Grading Love Story!)
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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72 - Off the Mark - an Interview with author Dr. Jack Schneider
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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71 - False Signals: The Mismatch Between Grades and Learning
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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70 - A Reassessments Deep Dive with Becky Peppler
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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69 - Thinking Critically about Homework’s Role In Alternative Grading
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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68 - Busting 4 Common "Myths" about Alternative Grading
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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67 - "Hybrid" Alternative Grading Systems: The Interplay Between Assessing Discrete Skills and More Holistic Skills
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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66 - Perseverance as a Critical Skill for Student Success in Alt Grading
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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65 - Alt Grading in Physical Education, Canadian Grading Reforms, and Technology-Integrated Assessment: An Interview with Colin Madland
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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64 - What Doing Alt Grading is Like as a Brand New Teacher: An Interview with Mariah Muller
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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63 - Alternative Grading in a Math for Elementary Teachers Course: An Interview with Dr. Mary Reeves
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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62 - Listener Questions: Learning Outcomes, Interim Grades, Effort, and Why we do this?
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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61 - (Replay) Interim Grades with Joe Zeccola
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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60 - The Role of Depth of Knowledge (DOK) in Aligning Assessments to Learning Outcomes: An Interview with Erik Francis
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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59 - Leaning Into ROI and Communication in Leading Grading Reform: An Interview with Dr. Chad Lang
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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58 - Authentic Assessment in the Age of AI: Diving into the Literature on Authentic Assessment
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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57 - LIVE from Mathfest! Discussions of how we get to a tipping point in Grading Reform.
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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56 - Alternative Grading as a Healing Process Part 2 of 2: Exploring the Harmful Wordviews that Undergird the Letter Grading System, an Interview with Dr. Jeff Anderson
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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55 - Alternative Grading as a Healing Process Part 1 of 2: Exploring the Harmful Wordviews that Undergird the Letter Grading System, an Interview with Dr. Jeff Anderson
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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54 - Reflections on the 2024 Grading Conference with Ashleigh Fox and Drew Lewis
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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53 - Reflections on One Year of The Grading Podcast: Lessons Learned and Goals for the Upcoming Year
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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52 - Progress Tracking: Communicating with Students to Encourage Learning and Promote Buy-In
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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51 - Reflecting on Standards-Based Grading with Joe Zeccola and Ashleigh Fox
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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50 - How we quadrupled our pass rate: Lessons learned from Redesigning Precalculus, An Interview with Dr. Latrice Bowman
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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49 - Teaching and Assessing Writing - Ungrading, AI and a LOT of Rethinking: an Interview with Emily Pitts Donahoe
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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48 - Implementation Challenges and Opportunities: A Conversation with Becky Peppler and Don Smith on Working with K-12 School Districts to implement Alternative Grading
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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47 - Taking Alternative Grading With You: An Interview with Dr. Rachel Weir
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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46 - Extinguishing the Fires within Assessment and Grading Reform: Welcoming Back Dr. Matt Townsley
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May 28, 2024 |
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45 - Exploring the schedule for the 2024 Grading Conference
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May 21, 2024 |
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44 - Artificial Intelligence And Alt Grading: Challenges and Opportunities
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May 14, 2024 |
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43 - Alt Grading as a Team: Course Coordination, PLCs, course teams - how to do this together!
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May 07, 2024 |
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42 - Metacognition, Power Structures in the Classroom, what is reasonable to expect of students? An Interview with Dr. Theresa Gaines.
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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41 - Second Chance Grading: How Small, Gentle Approach to Changing Grading Led to Research Into Alt Grading
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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40 - Data-Driven Instruction: Using Learning Outcome Data to Talk with Students, Instructors, and Administrators
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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39 - Systemic Change - A Look at how Los Angeles Unified School District developed their new grading policy, based on Equitable Grading practices. With Joe Zeccola
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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38 - Twenty+ Small Steps to Get Started with Alt Grading (Inspired by the recent blog post at Grading for Growth)
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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37 - Introducing The Keynote Speakers for the 2024 Grading Conference plus What We're Reading!
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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36 - Teaching More by Grading Less (or Differently) - an Interview with Jeff Schinske, 10 years later
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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35 - An Interview with Dr. Joshua Bowman: Alternative Grading for over a decade, the Importance of Blog Posts
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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34 - Standards-Based Grading and Specifications Grading: Their Similarities and Differences
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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33 - An Interview with Dr. Thomas Guskey: A Journey through the History of Grading Reform Efforts
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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32 - Active Learning and Alternative Grading: When Intentional Pedagogy and Intentional Assessment Truly Align
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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31 -The Role of "Effort" or "Work" in an Alternative Grading Architecture and the Relationship with Due Dates
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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30 - Listener Request - A Deep Dive into the Weeds of our Grading Architecture
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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29 - The Current State and Future Wishes for SoTL in Alt Grading - with Dr. Drew Lewis
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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28 - Developing and Using Technology Tools to Author Assessments - with Steven Clontz
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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27 - Developing Your Course Calendar
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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26 - Active Learning and Alternative Grading: An Introduction to Team-Based Inquiry Learning with Dr. Drew Lewis and Dr. Steven Clontz
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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25 - Happy New Year 2024! Replay - Getting Buy-in
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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24 - Holiday 2023: Revisiting Gathering Evidence of Learning and Developing Proficiency Scales (from Episode 7)
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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23 - Holidays 2023: Replay - Developing Your Grading Architecture
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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22 - Equity, Inclusion and Alt Grading in Biology: An Interview with Katie Mattaini
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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21 - Alt Grading in Large Chemistry Classes: An Interview with Dr. Eden Tanner
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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20 - The Human Impact of our Assessments on Students, What story do your assessments tell about a student? An Interview with Sean Nank
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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19 - Thanksgiving 2023: Listener Feedback - Entering our Own Feedback Loop, Our First Replay
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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18 - The Sportscaster of Alternative Grading: An Interview with Matt Townsley
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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17 - An Entire School Doing Alternative Grading? Meet the Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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16 - Critiquing the Critiques: Two Recent Articles About Alternative Grading
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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15 - SoTL: Alternative Grading as a Classroom Practice and a Dissertation Research Topic - an Interview with Ashleigh Fox
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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14 - Undoing the Grade: An Interview with Jesse Stommel
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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13 - Interim Grades: What do we do when we have to report "grades" in the middle of a term? With Joe Zeccola
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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12 - Getting Started Part 7: Building Buy-In
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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11 - Getting Started Part 6: Feedback - Giving It and Getting Students to Use It
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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10 - Artificial Scarcity and Doing Alt Grading "Right" or "Wrong": An Interview With David Clark
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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9 - Reassessment Carnivals: An Interview with Kate Owens
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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8 - 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
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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7 - Getting Started Part 4: Gathering Evidence of Learning and Developing Proficiency Scales
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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6 – The Anatomy of a Learning Outcome: An Interview with Joe Zeccola
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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5 – Getting Started Part 3: Developing your Grading Architecture
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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4 – Grading for Growth: An Interview with Robert Talbert
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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3 – Getting Started Part 2: Alternative Grading Defined
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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2 – Getting Started Part 1: The Problems with Traditional Grading
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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1 – Introduction – Welcome to the Pod!
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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Trailer - The Grading Podcast, Launching July 2023
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May 20, 2023 |