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hollym.bsky.social
New take on Ungrading just dropped
May 7, 2026 at 8:41 PM
dan-sinnamon.bsky.social
UNGRADING FOR ALL
mattseybold.bsky.social Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · May 21
We can solve grade inflation by make As & Bs proportional to the gold & silver specie in each department’s vault.

Or…

We can recognize that grade inflation is economizing bullshit in service of anti-education culture wars & not a real problem.
May 21, 2026 at 12:36 PM
jessifer.bsky.social
The word "ungrading" is an active present participle. It doesn't mean "not grading." Ungrading acknowledges the existence of grades and invites systemic critique, an undoing or thoughtful dismantling. Not best practices, but fluid, contextual practices to push against an insidious culture of grades.
January 7, 2025 at 5:31 AM
e-infinity.space
Ungrading is when you forget a 𝔾ₘ-action.
November 12, 2025 at 11:39 PM
j9love.bsky.social
🚨Our paper on ungrading is out!🚨

In this @jamielevdan.bsky.social and I address why traditional grading is antithetical to a socially just classroom & give how-to suggestions for matching how we teach with what we teach. 1/7

#ungrading #academicsky
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January 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
susandblum.bsky.social
#ungrading testimonial!
stacieoliver.bsky.social Stacie Oliver @stacieoliver.bsky.social · Nov 24
When I started #Ungrading 2.5 years ago, I knew it was going it was going to be a game changer for our classroom. What I didn't realize at the time was just how much it was going to humanize it too.
Image of a Gr 12 personal response to a task requiring Ss to create a visual of the setting in the novel, Beartown, based on the descriptions in the first 3 chapters. 1. Student's response touched on how she developed a deeper understanding of the story and engaged more with the text s a result of having to create a visual representation. 2. Student made a text-self connection as she spoke about how the task reminded her of her own family's journey of immigrating to Canada and the challenges they faced with respect to power and wealth disparity, bias, and outsiders vs insiders. 3. Finally, student commented about how the fact that this class is Ungraded allows Ss to be creative and original and appreciate others' work, rather than comparing their product to their classmates as they do when they feel they are in competition with each other for grades.
November 24, 2024 at 2:09 AM
alfiekohn.bsky.social
That last part is what all of us ought to be talking about. The fault doesn't lie with the students (too anxious, grade-grubbers, etc.) but w/ grading itself. Grades undermine interest in learning, quality of thinking, & preference for challenge.
My foreword to the anthology Ungrading: is.gd/Ng095Y
Foreword to Ungrading
Foreword to Ungrading 2020 Foreword Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (and What to Do Instead), edited by Susan D. Blum (West Virginia University Press, 2020) By Alfie Kohn Three conc...
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August 16, 2026 at 1:28 PM
jamielevdan.bsky.social
It should be on the word list. #ungrading #ungradingchat
NYTimes spelling bee game showing UNGRADING is not on the word list
February 2, 2025 at 2:57 PM
e-infinity.space
Gradescope is down with a "500 Internal Server Error" — now 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 ungrading.
April 29, 2026 at 4:19 PM
westerkamp.bsky.social
Ungrading?
September 9, 2024 at 2:20 PM
susandblum.bsky.social
This is a beautiful, humane meditation on #ungrading, from a Catholic perspective.

churchlifejournal.nd.edu/articles/we-...
We Stopped Using Grades and You Should Too: A Catholic Manifesto for Ungrading
Rovati and Heron on teaching.
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January 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
shannonmattern.bsky.social
Great recs from @mattseybold.bsky.social on resisting technofeudal education: prioritize print, practice ungrading, "Luddify" the classroom; de-mobilize computer infrastructure (root technology in social place!); faculty governance over SaaS subscriptions; instructor choice re: ed-tech
Against Technofeudal Education
Pillars For Protecting Our "Core Infrastructure" From OpenAI
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June 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
jessifer.bsky.social
Can we do assessment differently, in ways that increase access, support greater inclusion, improve learning outcomes, and enhance the experience of teaching and learning?
The Practice of Ungrading
Ungrading inspects the inequities of schooling, asks hard questions of the structures of our schools, and offers a critique of the labor conditions for teachers at all levels of education.
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May 24, 2025 at 1:32 AM
danlockton.com
I really think ungrading is an important way to do this—celebrating investigation / exploration / curiosity rather than just how to fulfil criteria determined centrally without reference to students themselves. @jessifer.bsky.social has really useful resources www.jessestommel.com/ungrading-an...
March 26, 2025 at 8:20 AM
drew-lewis.com
I wrote a short piece on Ungrading for MAA Focus.
Toolkit
Ungrading: A Growing Movement “Ungrading” is one of the latest buzz words in higher education—so much so that it has been featured in national media such as …
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October 12, 2023 at 9:10 PM
clarissasorensenunruh.com
My first dissertation paper - “The ungrading learning theory we have is not the ungrading learning theory we need” - has arrived y’all. And it’s here: www.lifescied.org/doi/full/10....

I will be writing a blog soon to share it more broadly.

Super happy it’s out. Drop a comment. Let’s discuss.
The Ungrading Learning Theory We Have Is Not the Ungrading Learning Theory We Need | CBE—Life Sciences Education
Ungrading is an emancipatory pedagogy that focuses on evaluative assessment of learning. Self-regulated learning (SRL) has consistently been referred to as the learning theory that undergirds ungradin...
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July 12, 2024 at 12:44 PM
drreznicek.bsky.social
Welcome to the cult of ungrading, friends.
phdhurtbrain.bsky.social Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · Aug 12
There has always been a version of this tension between assessment and learning, but it has never been clearer that grading and educating are two separate and sometimes barely overlapping processes.
August 12, 2026 at 1:06 PM
suegreaney.bsky.social
Ungrading ftw - MIT is the first university to take a proper stand against AI:
josheyler.bsky.social Josh Eyler @josheyler.bsky.social · Aug 27
They make some stellar recommendations, including a whole section on grades. I'm going to post a screenshot of the section here, and then add some commentary about different pieces of it. 2/x
Text about grades from MIT's report. 3.1.6. Reconsider grades and incentives Several peer institutions recently imposed limits on the number of A’s instructors can give in a subject. We do not advocate this kind of grade rationing, in part because we expect it to be counterproductive in helping the Institute navigate the challenges of AI. Responding to an intense societal focus on credentials and grades, students who are set on maximizing their GPA have a strong incentive to use whatever means they feel are most effective to achieve that goal. Rationing top grades would intensify the temptation to cut corners on actual learning by increasing reliance on AI. As instructors explore new forms of assessment and experiential learning activities, MIT should take this opportunity to consider what role grades play in our overall system, and if the current approach could be improved. For instance, if instructors mainly respond by putting more weight on in-class exams, there’s a risk of narrowing what the MIT credential has long signaled: that MIT students are capable of difficult, independent, and thought-intensive problem solving, not just acing exams on paper. The committee encourages MIT to explore alternative systems of grading and assessment, including those that work in other countries (such as the UK system, which uses percentages to express relative mastery against an expert standard), and newer paradigms such as competency-based and mastery-based assessments. As one thought experiment, the committee discussed the idea that if MIT did not have grades, many of the incentives around AI cheating would disappear. Note that MIT already refrains from the common practice of awarding summa/magna/cum-laude diplomas, because we believe that earning an MIT degree stands as distinction enough. Grades are far from the only way for students to demonstrate mastery or gauge their own progress; real-time feedback during an oral exam or presentation, or written comments reflecting …
August 28, 2026 at 5:35 AM
jennblaylock.bsky.social
I am happy to announce the publication of the first part of a 2-part @jcmsjournal.bsky.social Teaching Media dossier on #ungrading that @lisawj.bsky.social and I co-edited. Please check out "Part I: Critical Reflections on Ungrading" here: quod.lib.umich.edu/j/jcms/teach... Part two coming soon!
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March 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
jamielevdan.bsky.social
📣📣📣 Our ungrading paper is officially out. Check out this work w/ @j9love.bsky.social in @jsepajournal.bsky.social. We must match what we teach to how we teach it, sharing power with students & fostering participatory practices. 1/5
#ungradingchat #academicsky #pasky
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January 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
winnipegfreepress.com
The Manitoba government has ordered a high school that has been “ungrading” for the last five years to revive — at least partially — its zero-to-100 marking scale.
High school’s ‘ungrading’ misses mark, province orders return to midterm, final report-card percentages
The Manitoba government has ordered a high school that has been “ungrading” for the last five years to revive — at least partially — its zero-to-100 marking scale.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
April 21, 2025 at 11:48 PM
susandblum.bsky.social
From the student newspaper, The Manitoban, written by a student (Samantha Glesby) "We should incorporate ungrading into more classes "

#ungrading

#EduSky

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We should incorporate ungrading into more classes
I had never heard of the concept of ungrading until last year. At first, it made me skeptical. I thought, “why am I paying so much money for a pass/fail
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December 2, 2024 at 3:14 PM
firas.moosvi.com
😂🤣

#ungrading
bryandoppel.bsky.social Bryan Doppel @bryandoppel.bsky.social · Nov 24
Optimist: the cup is half full

Pessimist: the cup is half empty

Educational developers: Is “having a full cup” one of your course learning objectives? But how will you assess the fullness of the cup? Could your assessment be more authentic? And have you considered ungrading?
fergil.bsky.social Fernando Gil @fergil.bsky.social · Nov 24
Optimist: the cup is half full

Pessimist: the cup is half empty

Tolkien: but they were all deceived, for another cup was made.
November 24, 2024 at 5:15 AM
charleswlogan.bsky.social
Reading evals for a course where I used an ungrading approach for the first time. I asked, "How, if at all, did the class' ungrading policy support your learning?" and happy to hear this: "definitely experience[d] less anxiety. I felt I got to engage in all the work on terms that felt good for me."
March 27, 2025 at 7:12 PM
susandblum.bsky.social
Our #Ungrading book goes to the gym!
keeganlannon.bsky.social Keegan Lannon @keeganlannon.bsky.social · Jul 15
After FAILING OUR FUTURE, I’m turning to UNGRADING: WHY RATING STUDENTS UNDERMINES LEARNING (AND WHAT TO DO INSTEAD), edited by Susan D Blum.

And yes, I read while on the bike at the gym.
July 15, 2025 at 6:35 AM