In this episode, Sharona and Boz look at another common area where instructors get stuck when redesigning a course to use alternative grading - the fourth decision of the grading architecture: wrapping up into a final grade. From too many choices to the issues with complexity, Sharona and Boz breaks things down and provide concrete ideas when looking at that final part of the grading architecture.

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• 5 – Getting Started Part 3: Developing your Grading Architecture
• 30 – Listener Request – A Deep Dive into the Weeds of our Grading Architecture
• 80: The Results are IN! Traditional Grading and Alternative Grading Went HEAD TO HEAD!!! What happened?
• 88 – Unearned Grades: Remaking the Conversation about Grade “Inflation”
• 97 – Distinguishing Different Letter Grades: The Three Hurdles Model

Resources

The Center for Grading Reform - seeking to advance education in the United States by supporting effective grading reform at all levels through conferences, educational workshops, professional development, research and scholarship, influencing public policy, and community building.

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
• The Intentional Academia Blog

Recommended Books on Alternative Grading:

• Grading for Growth, by Robert Talbert and David Clark
• Specifications Grading, by Linda Nilsen
• Undoing the Grade, by Jesse Stommel

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