Today at Grading For Growth, I give 20 ways to get started with alternative grading on a small scale. Some of these are simple shifts in approach, while some are more concrete. But they are all good for students!
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20 small starts for alternative grading
Meaningful reform of grading is within everyone's grasp.
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March 11, 2024 at 12:40 PM
Today at Grading For Growth, I give 20 ways to get started with alternative grading on a small scale. Some of these are simple shifts in approach, while some are more concrete. But they are all good for students!
#alternativegrading #highereducation
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#alternativegrading #highereducation
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Today at #GradingForGrowth, AmyK Conley writes about how to use alternative grading with pre-service teachers - and the certifications standards they need to meet. #alternativegrading #altgrading
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Growth-based grading for future educators
How alternative methods can be used with outside standards
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October 16, 2023 at 2:29 PM
Today at #GradingForGrowth, AmyK Conley writes about how to use alternative grading with pre-service teachers - and the certifications standards they need to meet. #alternativegrading #altgrading
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Anyone have any tips for teaching very small classes—like 5-10 students? 200-300 level.
Flipped model? Teaching like an independent study? Feeling much anxiety for Spring. #pedagogy #teaching #alternativegrading
Flipped model? Teaching like an independent study? Feeling much anxiety for Spring. #pedagogy #teaching #alternativegrading
December 29, 2024 at 6:15 PM
Anyone have any tips for teaching very small classes—like 5-10 students? 200-300 level.
Flipped model? Teaching like an independent study? Feeling much anxiety for Spring. #pedagogy #teaching #alternativegrading
Flipped model? Teaching like an independent study? Feeling much anxiety for Spring. #pedagogy #teaching #alternativegrading
Has anyone tried using standards-based grading in their biology courses? I am interested in exploring, and I would appreciate hearing about others' experiences, especially in large enrollment courses.
#STEMed #alternativegrading
#STEMed #alternativegrading
June 10, 2024 at 9:54 PM
Has anyone tried using standards-based grading in their biology courses? I am interested in exploring, and I would appreciate hearing about others' experiences, especially in large enrollment courses.
#STEMed #alternativegrading
#STEMed #alternativegrading
Hot take: AI can support learning, but it shouldn’t be doing the grading.
Grading done right builds trust and connection. Traditional grading breaks it. Alternative grading restores it.
Where (if anywhere) do you see AI fitting into grading?
#AlternativeGrading #GradingReform #EduSky
Grading done right builds trust and connection. Traditional grading breaks it. Alternative grading restores it.
Where (if anywhere) do you see AI fitting into grading?
#AlternativeGrading #GradingReform #EduSky
July 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Hot take: AI can support learning, but it shouldn’t be doing the grading.
Grading done right builds trust and connection. Traditional grading breaks it. Alternative grading restores it.
Where (if anywhere) do you see AI fitting into grading?
#AlternativeGrading #GradingReform #EduSky
Grading done right builds trust and connection. Traditional grading breaks it. Alternative grading restores it.
Where (if anywhere) do you see AI fitting into grading?
#AlternativeGrading #GradingReform #EduSky
What if students aren’t "checked out". What if the system is?
I’ve spent the past couple years rethinking grading: what mastery means, how to make feedback matter, and how to stop chasing points.
What’s one grading shift that’s actually worked for you?
#AlternativeGrading #GradingReform #EduSky
I’ve spent the past couple years rethinking grading: what mastery means, how to make feedback matter, and how to stop chasing points.
What’s one grading shift that’s actually worked for you?
#AlternativeGrading #GradingReform #EduSky
July 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
What if students aren’t "checked out". What if the system is?
I’ve spent the past couple years rethinking grading: what mastery means, how to make feedback matter, and how to stop chasing points.
What’s one grading shift that’s actually worked for you?
#AlternativeGrading #GradingReform #EduSky
I’ve spent the past couple years rethinking grading: what mastery means, how to make feedback matter, and how to stop chasing points.
What’s one grading shift that’s actually worked for you?
#AlternativeGrading #GradingReform #EduSky
“Mastery grading lowers standards.”
❌ FALSE.
It RAISES them because students don’t get to move on until they actually understand.
#GradingReform #EdThoughts #EduSky #AlternativeGrading
❌ FALSE.
It RAISES them because students don’t get to move on until they actually understand.
#GradingReform #EdThoughts #EduSky #AlternativeGrading
July 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
“Mastery grading lowers standards.”
❌ FALSE.
It RAISES them because students don’t get to move on until they actually understand.
#GradingReform #EdThoughts #EduSky #AlternativeGrading
❌ FALSE.
It RAISES them because students don’t get to move on until they actually understand.
#GradingReform #EdThoughts #EduSky #AlternativeGrading
My students now ask:
“Can I try that again?” “Can you tell me what I missed?”
Not: “How many marks is this worth?”
That shift is everything.
#AlternativeGrading #SecondarySTEM #EduSky
“Can I try that again?” “Can you tell me what I missed?”
Not: “How many marks is this worth?”
That shift is everything.
#AlternativeGrading #SecondarySTEM #EduSky
June 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
My students now ask:
“Can I try that again?” “Can you tell me what I missed?”
Not: “How many marks is this worth?”
That shift is everything.
#AlternativeGrading #SecondarySTEM #EduSky
“Can I try that again?” “Can you tell me what I missed?”
Not: “How many marks is this worth?”
That shift is everything.
#AlternativeGrading #SecondarySTEM #EduSky
Hot take:
Allowing retakes isn’t “soft” - it’s scientific. Mastery takes time.
Reassessment isn’t a second chance. It’s a better snapshot of learning.
#AlternativeGrading #RethinkTheGrade #EduSky
Allowing retakes isn’t “soft” - it’s scientific. Mastery takes time.
Reassessment isn’t a second chance. It’s a better snapshot of learning.
#AlternativeGrading #RethinkTheGrade #EduSky
June 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Hot take:
Allowing retakes isn’t “soft” - it’s scientific. Mastery takes time.
Reassessment isn’t a second chance. It’s a better snapshot of learning.
#AlternativeGrading #RethinkTheGrade #EduSky
Allowing retakes isn’t “soft” - it’s scientific. Mastery takes time.
Reassessment isn’t a second chance. It’s a better snapshot of learning.
#AlternativeGrading #RethinkTheGrade #EduSky
If a student can’t redo an assessment, is it really about learning?
Let’s stop pretending “real life doesn’t allow retakes.”
Most of adult life IS retakes.
#AlternativeGrading #EduSky
Let’s stop pretending “real life doesn’t allow retakes.”
Most of adult life IS retakes.
#AlternativeGrading #EduSky
June 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
If a student can’t redo an assessment, is it really about learning?
Let’s stop pretending “real life doesn’t allow retakes.”
Most of adult life IS retakes.
#AlternativeGrading #EduSky
Let’s stop pretending “real life doesn’t allow retakes.”
Most of adult life IS retakes.
#AlternativeGrading #EduSky
Any #ungrading or #alternativeGrading folks who would be up for taking a look at a learning tracker I’ve created? It’s for high school classes. I’m looking for another set of educator eyes who might see some possible pitfalls that I’m missing.
August 17, 2024 at 2:33 PM
Any #ungrading or #alternativeGrading folks who would be up for taking a look at a learning tracker I’ve created? It’s for high school classes. I’m looking for another set of educator eyes who might see some possible pitfalls that I’m missing.
Not sure what to say? Pick one or more of these topics and hit us with your best shot:
- Extra Credit
- Alternative Grading (Specs / Un-grading / Collaborative)
- Incorporating Student Feedback
#HigherEd #Grading #AlternativeGrading #Ungrading #StudentFeedback #Assessment #SpecsGrading
- Extra Credit
- Alternative Grading (Specs / Un-grading / Collaborative)
- Incorporating Student Feedback
#HigherEd #Grading #AlternativeGrading #Ungrading #StudentFeedback #Assessment #SpecsGrading
June 30, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Not sure what to say? Pick one or more of these topics and hit us with your best shot:
- Extra Credit
- Alternative Grading (Specs / Un-grading / Collaborative)
- Incorporating Student Feedback
#HigherEd #Grading #AlternativeGrading #Ungrading #StudentFeedback #Assessment #SpecsGrading
- Extra Credit
- Alternative Grading (Specs / Un-grading / Collaborative)
- Incorporating Student Feedback
#HigherEd #Grading #AlternativeGrading #Ungrading #StudentFeedback #Assessment #SpecsGrading
This is a rationale for holistic assessment, in which students reflect on products, processes, and learning/growth/change as interrelated and equally important. In the face of AI, the historical emphasis on product-based outcomes becomes less and less relevant.
#AlternativeGrading #Ungrading
#AlternativeGrading #Ungrading
This is what's so baffling about so many suggestions for AI in the humanities classroom: they mistake the product for the point. Writing outlines and essays is important not because you need to make outlines and essays but because that's how you learn to think with/through complex ideas.
I'm sure many have said this before but I'm reading a student-facing document about how students might use AI in the classroom (if allowed) and one of the recs is: use AI to make an outline of your reading! But ISN'T MAKING THE OUTLINE how one actually learns?
December 12, 2024 at 5:51 PM
This is a rationale for holistic assessment, in which students reflect on products, processes, and learning/growth/change as interrelated and equally important. In the face of AI, the historical emphasis on product-based outcomes becomes less and less relevant.
#AlternativeGrading #Ungrading
#AlternativeGrading #Ungrading
Was looking for the address of a former student today when I came across this email from 2023. A great reminder of my
#Ungrading 'why' & motivation to continue despite the many challenges that can sometimes feel like...a lot. 😀 #alternativegrading
#Ungrading 'why' & motivation to continue despite the many challenges that can sometimes feel like...a lot. 😀 #alternativegrading
November 29, 2024 at 11:53 PM
Was looking for the address of a former student today when I came across this email from 2023. A great reminder of my
#Ungrading 'why' & motivation to continue despite the many challenges that can sometimes feel like...a lot. 😀 #alternativegrading
#Ungrading 'why' & motivation to continue despite the many challenges that can sometimes feel like...a lot. 😀 #alternativegrading
That moment when a Grade 9 shows you they have embraced the self-reflection process 😍 📖 #alternativegrading #EduSky
November 26, 2024 at 10:05 PM
That moment when a Grade 9 shows you they have embraced the self-reflection process 😍 📖 #alternativegrading #EduSky
I have a student that is not progressing based on performance on repeated assessment. I gave written feedback that we should meet so I can help her with this. She just made a 15 minute meeting 😒Pretty sure we need more time than this unless I only give a different assignment. #AlternativeGrading
November 22, 2024 at 12:06 PM
I have a student that is not progressing based on performance on repeated assessment. I gave written feedback that we should meet so I can help her with this. She just made a 15 minute meeting 😒Pretty sure we need more time than this unless I only give a different assignment. #AlternativeGrading
Its my 4th year teaching with #AlternativeGrading but I have my largest class yet (41). The combination of retakes/ revisions and a token system is feeling pretty hectic right now. I need to reflect over the break about what might need to be updated with a larger number of students. Thoughts?
November 19, 2024 at 12:54 PM
Its my 4th year teaching with #AlternativeGrading but I have my largest class yet (41). The combination of retakes/ revisions and a token system is feeling pretty hectic right now. I need to reflect over the break about what might need to be updated with a larger number of students. Thoughts?
FYI - for anyone wanting to try alternative grading this semester but feeling short on time to implement it, I *highly* recommend a 0-4 scale. I used it in my 400-level quantum class last semester and it was phenomenal. Happy to answer implementation questions. #alternativegrading
January 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
FYI - for anyone wanting to try alternative grading this semester but feeling short on time to implement it, I *highly* recommend a 0-4 scale. I used it in my 400-level quantum class last semester and it was phenomenal. Happy to answer implementation questions. #alternativegrading
Ever wonder how students perceive their alternatively graded biology courses? Check out the latest education research in #JMBE from my lab. #ungrading #alternativegrading #gradingforgrowth #gradingforequity #SBG #highered journals.asm.org/doi/full/10....
Student perceptions of alternative grading strategies in the biology classroom | Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education
There have been national calls for changing how instructors in the sciences grade
to help encourage student learning (1, 2). Alternative grading strategies provide greater student learning agency and ...
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March 10, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Ever wonder how students perceive their alternatively graded biology courses? Check out the latest education research in #JMBE from my lab. #ungrading #alternativegrading #gradingforgrowth #gradingforequity #SBG #highered journals.asm.org/doi/full/10....
True facts™️ right here.👇👇 #alternativeGrading https://twitter.com/davecesa/status/850723783266750465
November 15, 2024 at 10:45 PM
True facts™️ right here.👇👇 #alternativeGrading https://twitter.com/davecesa/status/850723783266750465
I’m presenting a session next week to our faculty on the pros/cons a 0-4 grading scale (instead of 0-100%) & how to “hack” our LMS gradebook to support it. I’m curious if anyone in my network has any resources, or insights with the 0-4 scale they would share with me?
#alternativegrading
#grading
#alternativegrading
#grading
May 8, 2024 at 3:05 AM
I’m presenting a session next week to our faculty on the pros/cons a 0-4 grading scale (instead of 0-100%) & how to “hack” our LMS gradebook to support it. I’m curious if anyone in my network has any resources, or insights with the 0-4 scale they would share with me?
#alternativegrading
#grading
#alternativegrading
#grading
What are some great grading podcasts to listen to?
#ungradingchat #learningandteaching #podcasts #highereducation #alternativegrading
#ungradingchat #learningandteaching #podcasts #highereducation #alternativegrading
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November 26, 2024 at 9:05 PM
What are some great grading podcasts to listen to?
#ungradingchat #learningandteaching #podcasts #highereducation #alternativegrading
#ungradingchat #learningandteaching #podcasts #highereducation #alternativegrading