The Continuing Educator

To successfully create the conditions where grading for learning practices may thrive, consider first the importance of ensuring student-centered assessment processes. Hear from experts on how the practices of formative assessment are crucial to cultivating a growth-mindset in a safe, respectful classroom environment. By engaging students as co-pilots in the assessment and feedback cycle rather than passengers, we empower learners and learning, which positively impacts student motivation, well-being, self-efficacy, and achievement. 

Let's begin our journey towards better grading practices! Grades have remained a fundamental component of our education system for over a century. Yet despite shifts across so many other areas of educational practice, grading practices have seen little, if any, change to match the demands of modern pedagogy. The pandemic revealed stark flaws in traditional grading protocols and simultaneously presented a profound opportunity for actual change. What should educators, families, and society in general consider around why change is needed and where to begin?