Emily Pitts Donahoe shares what we can learn about grades from an “emerging failure” on episode 588 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

They introduced a framework that attempts to identify the common features of alternative grading for growth systems that are meant to prioritize student growth and student learning over just grades and performance.
-Emily Donahoe

Those four pillars are marks that indicate progress, reattempts without penalty, clearly defined standards, and helpful feedback.
-Emily Donahoe

One of the most important functions of grades or marks given on individual assignments is to communicate to students about how they’re progressing in a certain subject. Traditional grades don’t serve this communicative function very well.
-Emily Donahoe

• Unmaking the Grade, Emily Pitts Donahoe’s blog and reflective journal chronicling one educator’s experiences with ungrading and other progressive teaching practices
• Grading for Growth: A Guide to Alternative Grading Practices That Promote Authentic Learning and Student Engagement in Higher Education, by Robert Talbert & David Clark
• Grading for Growth
• How Humans Learn: The Science and Stories Behind Effective College Teaching, By Joshua R. Eyler
• Failing Our Future: How Grades Harm Students and What We Can Do About It, by Joshua R. Eyler
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