{"id":80,"date":"2022-01-04T21:22:43","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T21:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/67.205.189.160\/~pressbooksmiddcr\/ungradingtoolkit\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=80"},"modified":"2023-08-16T13:33:43","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T13:33:43","slug":"ungrading-resources-for-faculty","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.middcreate.net\/ungradingtoolkit\/chapter\/ungrading-resources-for-faculty\/","title":{"raw":"Ungrading Resources for Faculty","rendered":"Ungrading Resources for Faculty"},"content":{"raw":"Middlebury College has been engaged in ungrading professional development events for faculty and staff for nearly a decade. In addition to single workshops, presentations, and pedagogical meetings through CTLR and STEM Pedagogy Group, the college formed a \"Rethinking Grading\" Community of Practice. To learn more, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.middlebury.edu\/office\/teaching-learning-research\/faculty-resources\">reach out to the CTLR<\/a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Middlebury College-Specific Ungrading Resources:<\/strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1NbBa49VJTT51mrA5cVlOoCbbr97b-h2oyS79ItAtz4c\/edit#heading=h.x1peggrue0y9\">Interested in Joining the Rethinking Grading COP?<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1NbBa49VJTT51mrA5cVlOoCbbr97b-h2oyS79ItAtz4c\/edit#heading=h.3iet3ucok1qw\">Ungrading Resources<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1NbBa49VJTT51mrA5cVlOoCbbr97b-h2oyS79ItAtz4c\/edit#heading=h.yku2cvdd0znm\">Other Rethinking Grading Resources<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1NbBa49VJTT51mrA5cVlOoCbbr97b-h2oyS79ItAtz4c\/edit#heading=h.gfqf76lutt95\">Past Events<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/scholarship.claremont.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1877&amp;context=jhm\">\"Assessment, Evaluation, and Grading: A Reflection on My Radicalization,\"<\/a> Priscilla Bremser, Middlebury College, 2021. <em>Journal of Humanistic Mathematics.\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachersgoinggradeless.com\/blog\/why-no-exams\">Why I Don't Give Exams (and What I Use Instead)<\/a>, Greg Pask, Middlebury College,\u00a0<em>Teachers Going Gradeless\u00a0<\/em>Blog, 2023.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<strong>Why Should We Change How We Grade?<\/strong>\r\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 1.42857em;margin-bottom: 1.42857em\">\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happinesslab.fm\/season-1-episodes\/making-the-grade\">Podcast<\/a>\u00a0about the negative effects of grades on well-being<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alfiekohn.org\/article\/case-grades\">The Case Against Grades<\/a><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">\u00a0\u00a0 A general discussion of grades and grading, by Alfie Kohn, Educational Leadership, November 2011.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\" href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2016\/01\/05\/new-study-finds-women-who-are-not-considered-attractive-receive-lower-grades\">Graded on Looks<\/a><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">\u00a0\u00a0\u201cStudy finds that attractive female students earn higher grades than unattractive female students do. For male students, looks don\u2019t seem to matter.\u201d Article by Scott Jaschik in Inside Higher Education. Original study:<\/span><a style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B21VGIbIIRWweVpQX3ZPWXNoZGtPbEJTRnZqRTItQk9vb1A0\/view?pref=2&amp;pli=1\">\u00a0Student Appearance and Academic Performance<\/a><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\" href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/views\/2016\/01\/19\/new-ways-grade-more-effectively-essay\">Yes Virginia, There\u2019s a Better Way to Grade<\/a><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">\u00a0 \u201cWhile we in higher education keep using it, our grading system is broken, argues Linda B. Nilson, and she offers some concrete ways to fix it.\u201d 2016 article from Inside Higher Education.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tracigardner.com\/infographics\/GradesBasedonLabor2.png\">Infographic<\/a> of the student perspective of labor-based grading.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<strong>How to Start Ungrading:<\/strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Blog posts on the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chemedx.org\/blog\/ungrading-what-it-and-why-should-we-use-it\"> Why<\/a> and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jessestommel.com\/how-to-ungrade\/\"> How<\/a> of ungrading<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hastac.org\/blogs\/cathy-davidson\/2011\/01\/03\/contract-grading-peer-review-heres-how-it-works\">Contract Grading + Peer Review: Here\u2019s How it Works<\/a><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> \u00a0 An article by Cathy Davidson, Distinguished Professor and Director, The Futures Initiative and HASTAC @ CUNY.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/matheducation\/2015\/11\/20\/a-beginners-guide-to-standards-based-grading\/#sthash.h0j1b84J.zsFDsUg0.dpbs\">A Beginner\u2019s Guide to Standards Based Grading<\/a><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> A blog post by Kate Owens, Instructor, Department of Mathematics, College of Charleston, on the American Mathematical Society blog, \u201cOn Teaching and Learning Mathematics.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.asm.org\/doi\/10.1128\/jmbe.00200-21\">\"The Effect of Specifications Grading on Students\u2019 Learning and Attitudes in an Undergraduate-Level Cell Biology Course,\"<\/a> Katzman et al., 2021. <em>Journal of Microbiology &amp; Biology Education.<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/wac.colostate.edu\/books\/perspectives\/labor\/\">Labor-Based Grading Contracts: Building Equity and Inclusion in the Compassionate Writing Classroom<\/a>, <\/em>Asao Inoue (2019). A book that provides resources for contract grading that can be adopted to non-writing intensive courses. Useful, also, for writing intensive (CW) courses across the disciplines.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chronicle.com\/article\/should-we-stop-grading-class-participation\">\"Should We Stop Grading Class Participation?\"<\/a> James Lang, 2021. <em>The Chronicle of Higher Education<\/em>.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<strong>Case Study for Shadow Grading (Wellesley College):<\/strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellesley.edu\/registrar\/grading\/grading_policy\/shadow_grading_policy\/faqs\">Wellesley College shadow grading policy.<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aeaweb.org\/articles.php?doi=10.1257\/jep.28.3.189\">The Effects of an Anti-grade-Inflation Policy at Wellesley College<\/a><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> , Butcher, Kristin F., Patrick J. McEwan, and Akila Weerapana. 2014,\u00a0 Journal of Economic Perspectives, 28(3): 189-204.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2014\/8\/26\/6067175\/grade-inflation-college-wellesley\">Critique of Wellesley College's anti-grade inflation policy<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","rendered":"<p>Middlebury College has been engaged in ungrading professional development events for faculty and staff for nearly a decade. In addition to single workshops, presentations, and pedagogical meetings through CTLR and STEM Pedagogy Group, the college formed a &#8220;Rethinking Grading&#8221; Community of Practice. To learn more, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.middlebury.edu\/office\/teaching-learning-research\/faculty-resources\">reach out to the CTLR<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Middlebury College-Specific Ungrading Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1NbBa49VJTT51mrA5cVlOoCbbr97b-h2oyS79ItAtz4c\/edit#heading=h.x1peggrue0y9\">Interested in Joining the Rethinking Grading COP?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1NbBa49VJTT51mrA5cVlOoCbbr97b-h2oyS79ItAtz4c\/edit#heading=h.3iet3ucok1qw\">Ungrading Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1NbBa49VJTT51mrA5cVlOoCbbr97b-h2oyS79ItAtz4c\/edit#heading=h.yku2cvdd0znm\">Other Rethinking Grading Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1NbBa49VJTT51mrA5cVlOoCbbr97b-h2oyS79ItAtz4c\/edit#heading=h.gfqf76lutt95\">Past Events<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/scholarship.claremont.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1877&amp;context=jhm\">&#8220;Assessment, Evaluation, and Grading: A Reflection on My Radicalization,&#8221;<\/a> Priscilla Bremser, Middlebury College, 2021. <em>Journal of Humanistic Mathematics.\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachersgoinggradeless.com\/blog\/why-no-exams\">Why I Don&#8217;t Give Exams (and What I Use Instead)<\/a>, Greg Pask, Middlebury College,\u00a0<em>Teachers Going Gradeless\u00a0<\/em>Blog, 2023.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Why Should We Change How We Grade?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 1.42857em;margin-bottom: 1.42857em\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happinesslab.fm\/season-1-episodes\/making-the-grade\">Podcast<\/a>\u00a0about the negative effects of grades on well-being<\/li>\n<li><a style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alfiekohn.org\/article\/case-grades\">The Case Against Grades<\/a><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">\u00a0\u00a0 A general discussion of grades and grading, by Alfie Kohn, Educational Leadership, November 2011.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\" href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2016\/01\/05\/new-study-finds-women-who-are-not-considered-attractive-receive-lower-grades\">Graded on Looks<\/a><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">\u00a0\u00a0\u201cStudy finds that attractive female students earn higher grades than unattractive female students do. For male students, looks don\u2019t seem to matter.\u201d Article by Scott Jaschik in Inside Higher Education. Original study:<\/span><a style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B21VGIbIIRWweVpQX3ZPWXNoZGtPbEJTRnZqRTItQk9vb1A0\/view?pref=2&amp;pli=1\">\u00a0Student Appearance and Academic Performance<\/a><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\" href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/views\/2016\/01\/19\/new-ways-grade-more-effectively-essay\">Yes Virginia, There\u2019s a Better Way to Grade<\/a><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">\u00a0 \u201cWhile we in higher education keep using it, our grading system is broken, argues Linda B. Nilson, and she offers some concrete ways to fix it.\u201d 2016 article from Inside Higher Education.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tracigardner.com\/infographics\/GradesBasedonLabor2.png\">Infographic<\/a> of the student perspective of labor-based grading.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How to Start Ungrading:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Blog posts on the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chemedx.org\/blog\/ungrading-what-it-and-why-should-we-use-it\"> Why<\/a> and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jessestommel.com\/how-to-ungrade\/\"> How<\/a> of ungrading<\/li>\n<li><a style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hastac.org\/blogs\/cathy-davidson\/2011\/01\/03\/contract-grading-peer-review-heres-how-it-works\">Contract Grading + Peer Review: Here\u2019s How it Works<\/a><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> \u00a0 An article by Cathy Davidson, Distinguished Professor and Director, The Futures Initiative and HASTAC @ CUNY.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/matheducation\/2015\/11\/20\/a-beginners-guide-to-standards-based-grading\/#sthash.h0j1b84J.zsFDsUg0.dpbs\">A Beginner\u2019s Guide to Standards Based Grading<\/a><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> A blog post by Kate Owens, Instructor, Department of Mathematics, College of Charleston, on the American Mathematical Society blog, \u201cOn Teaching and Learning Mathematics.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.asm.org\/doi\/10.1128\/jmbe.00200-21\">&#8220;The Effect of Specifications Grading on Students\u2019 Learning and Attitudes in an Undergraduate-Level Cell Biology Course,&#8221;<\/a> Katzman et al., 2021. <em>Journal of Microbiology &amp; Biology Education.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/wac.colostate.edu\/books\/perspectives\/labor\/\">Labor-Based Grading Contracts: Building Equity and Inclusion in the Compassionate Writing Classroom<\/a>, <\/em>Asao Inoue (2019). A book that provides resources for contract grading that can be adopted to non-writing intensive courses. Useful, also, for writing intensive (CW) courses across the disciplines.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chronicle.com\/article\/should-we-stop-grading-class-participation\">&#8220;Should We Stop Grading Class Participation?&#8221;<\/a> James Lang, 2021. <em>The Chronicle of Higher Education<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Case Study for Shadow Grading (Wellesley College):<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellesley.edu\/registrar\/grading\/grading_policy\/shadow_grading_policy\/faqs\">Wellesley College shadow grading policy.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aeaweb.org\/articles.php?doi=10.1257\/jep.28.3.189\">The Effects of an Anti-grade-Inflation Policy at Wellesley College<\/a><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> , Butcher, Kristin F., Patrick J. 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