GRADING

THE SCROLL: Georgia State professor says instructing college students has become like teaching children: 'It's the hand holding'

"When I was in undergrad they would tell us sh*t like 'Greece wants to join the EU, write a data I formed paper arg…

By Adam Sabes
Apr 21, 2024

Arizona legislature considering bill to let college students appeal grades in cases of alleged political bias

One Arizona Republican is proposing the creation of a "Grade Challenge Department" for college students to appeal …

By Adam Sabes
Mar 11, 2024

Fifth largest public school district implements 'equitable grading system,' following higher ed trend

The Nevada school district's grading policies are intended to 'embody the core values of equity, accountability, an…

By Elaine Gunthorpe '24
Jun 1, 2023

PROF. ELLWANGER: Chatbot’s essay doesn’t make the grade: Artificial intelligence and the art of writing

Can AI produce quality college-level writing? To answer this question, I experimented with a popular chatbot: ChatG…

By Adam Ellwanger
Dec 24, 2022

ANALYSIS: Academia is adrift in a sea of low standards

The demand to make classes easier comes at a time when classes are as easy as they ever have been.

By Jared Gould
Nov 30, 2022

EXCLUSIVE: Penn State instructor uses class to push anti-racist, woke agenda

The assignment asked students to reflect on an Oct. 24 incident in which Penn State canceled a conservative speaker…

By Logan Dubil '23
Nov 10, 2022

PROF. ELLWANGER: Low expectations in high school undermine college success

Anything less than 40 pages of formal, revised, graded writing over the course of the senior year will probably ens…

By Adam Ellwanger
Nov 6, 2022

$300K granted to study how 'traditional grading' perpetuates 'systemic inequalities'

The National Science Foundation awarded North Dakota State University a $300,000 grant to study how traditional gra…

By Marya Ruth Dunning '25
Oct 9, 2022

University of California system weighs ending letter grades due to 'bias and inequities'

A Mar. 16 memo from the public university system’s Office of the President asks the Academic and Student Affairs Co…

By Ben Zeisloft
May 3, 2022

University writing instructors are no longer grading students' writing

Two writing program lecturers at Boston University recently wrote about the 'ungrading' practices they and their co…

By Antoinette Aho
Jan 28, 2022

No more letter grades? Higher ed is promoting these alternative grading systems.

Campus Reform covers the push to abandon the traditional A-F grading system in favor of alternative pedagogies cham…

By Peter Cordi
Jan 12, 2022

Satire or 'antiracist' teaching? Professor says he is 'ungrading,' letting students teach each other

A professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville tweeted that this upcoming semester he will be 'ungrading' an…

By Peter Cordi
Jan 6, 2022

ASU professor calls traditional grading racist, suggests 'labor-based grading' instead

ASU professor Aso Inoue recently lectured an audience at the University of Tennessee about 'White language supremac…

By Addison Smith
Nov 12, 2021

Professor opposed to 'White supremacist' grading standards speaks at 'Antiracist Teaching' conference

A professor who believes that grading systems are rooted in racism will be a keynote speaker at the conference.

By Ben Zeisloft
Sep 15, 2021

Davidson prof to let students pick their grades

The professor cites a 2009 research paper for support for the practice, called "contract grading."

By Celine Ryan Ciccio
Aug 10, 2018