Sofia is an 8th grade student in Theresa Walter's English Class on Long Island, NY. Sofia is in her second year of an ungrading experience in the English Language Arts in her school. Theresa is a teacher, and also the Department Chair who has supported her teachers' shift to a feedback-centered growth practice. The two sit down to reflect on the practice and its implications in their lives.

https://www.humanrestorationproject.org/writing/a-students-view-perspectives-on-a-gradeless-grading-and-growth-centered-feedback-classroom #K12 #education #ungrading

My article, 'An AI-Driven Optimism for Transforming Higher Education (It's Not What You Think)' was just published today in Educause Review! #Ungrading #OpenPedagogy

https://er.educause.edu/articles/2025/2/an-ai-driven-optimism-for-transforming-higher-education-its-not-what-you-think

Could artificial intelligence drive higher education institutions to dispense with grading and refocus attention on empathy and learning, thereby reshaping colleges and universities into dynamic hubs for global change?

Hey fellow educators, you're invited to a #BookClub to discuss _Failing Our Future: How Grades Harm Students and What We Can Do About It_ by Josh Eyler

- First meeting (Preface thru Ch 2) is Tues., Feb 11, 5-6 pm EST on Zoom
- Monthly meetings: Mar 11, Apr 8, May 13 (all 5-6 pm EST)
- Register here: https://forms.gle/eoAJBr68PV5S8NqY7
- More info on the #Ungrading Discord server: https://discord.gg/d2tdMtKQbp

Please share!
#teaching #HigherEd

On not grading essays. #111Words #Grading #Ungrading #Comments #EssayWriting #AcademicWriting https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2024/12/on-not-grading-essays.html

I was skeptical from the title of this article, but I think I like where it ended up:

John Warner on "Academic Integrity in an LLM World"

https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/just-visiting/2024/12/06/we-cant-let-chatgpt-make-lie-out-education

My students' reactions to a poster which sums up their own thoughts on #ungrading (which they had to think about in a previous session) in my class #NewsWriting at @Journalismus_PR. Isn't the cat pawsome? Whoop, whoop for my students #jpr24 #cats #teaching #HigherEducation #Online

Reviewing ungrading essays today. My students' opportunity to show me what they've learned as well as how they'd grade themselves. #ungrading #college

Folks interested in #ungrading, especially in #HigherEd may be interested in a virtual book club happening next semester (February-May 2025, meets on Zoom)
Come discuss "Failing Our Future: How Grades Harm Students and What We Can Do About It" by Josh Eyler
More info and registration link here: https://www.canva.com/design/DAGRznkSinc/aNiunX8SWZfZGrtKLMyw-Q/view?utm_content=DAGRznkSinc

So far, so good. The first week of classes and my ungrading rollout went well. I think (emphasis on think) that learners will appreciate the feedback and honesty in the grading. #mtbos #grading #ungrading https://mrwaddell.net/blog/2024-08-28-students-reaction-to-ungrading/

"The goal of this paradigm shift is to rethink what learning can be, how it’s measured, who measures it and, crucially, when one is finished." #ungrading #grading #education https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/07/31/Good-Riddance-Easy-A/

NEW: A Dialogue - Is The Gradeless Revolution Upon Us? Two English teachers from Long Island, NY talk about a radical choice — dropping grades altogether.

https://www.humanrestorationproject.org/writing/a-dialogue-is-the-gradeless-revolution-upon-us #TG2Chat #gradeless #ungrading #edchat #education

"Courage, Risk, and Change in Higher Education" by Josh Eyler https://josheyler.substack.com/p/courage-risk-and-change-in-higher

Degrees of Freedom was also out yesterday: in this episode Tassos Sarampalis and I are joined by Tamás Görbe and Berfu Ünal to discuss #ungrading

I don’t want to spoil anything, so please tune in and let us know what you think!

You can find the episode on https://soundcloud.com/degrees_of_freedom/s3e06-ungrading or in all major podcast platforms!

How do students react to ungrading? We asked a bunch of them across different courses: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/TLI/article/view/77308 #ungrading #alternativeassessment #pedagogy #highered

Giving feedback on oral reports: I have everyone grade everyone and collect all the feedback. Then I read through the complete stack for a student and share to them 1) what their peers liked/found useful, 2) what they were curious about afterwards, and 3) how this ties to things we'll be doing later in the semester.

Student response has been over-the-top positive!

#OralReports #pedagogy #ungrading #AmTeaching #Teaching @academicchatter

1/2 Yrs ago I argued the bogeyman of "grade inflation" rests on dubious evidence, faulty logic, and reactionary values: https://is.gd/lxL5hk.
Here's new testimony from an #ungrading teacher that the problem isn't grade inflation; it's GRADES: https://tinyurl.com/ynacf9e5

Another teacher was "energized" once "the blinders had been removed" & he stopped trying to tweak the WAY he graded students (forget "standards-based" or "contract" grading) & stopped grading altogether: https://tinyurl.com/ytcezmzh

I have 10 hours of one-on-one student meetings this week (in addition to my regular load of lectures & labs). It’s a way to introduce elements of #ungrading into a graded class, and I believe in it, but I also find it exhausting
#ProfLife