I am very much on board for #Ungrading but I retain some concerns about how we *know* that it is reducing harm. It works for me, but there are a number of confounding variables that could explain the harm reduction. How can we know if the grading policy is better? #AcademicSky
October 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I am very much on board for #Ungrading but I retain some concerns about how we *know* that it is reducing harm. It works for me, but there are a number of confounding variables that could explain the harm reduction. How can we know if the grading policy is better? #AcademicSky
> I completely agree that skill loss — and in fact very deep deskilling — is what is at stake and is already happening. Moreover, I would also urge fellow academics to embrace ungrading, to leave numerical grades behind, and even to turn to ways of caring for students by involving them...
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October 7, 2025 at 12:14 PM
> I completely agree that skill loss — and in fact very deep deskilling — is what is at stake and is already happening. Moreover, I would also urge fellow academics to embrace ungrading, to leave numerical grades behind, and even to turn to ways of caring for students by involving them...
I've been ungrading for years before it got this bad, we can do things without being forced by companies hollowing out education ALSO sometimes a grade is really all academia can do given budget cuts and class sizes: fund us more
Part of me hopes that AI makes grading so untenable it forces our system into ungrading, because all evidence suggests grading is antithetical to learning.
> I completely agree that skill loss — and in fact very deep deskilling — is what is at stake and is already happening. Moreover, I would also urge fellow academics to embrace ungrading, to leave numerical grades behind, and even to turn to ways of caring for students by involving them...
October 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I've been ungrading for years before it got this bad, we can do things without being forced by companies hollowing out education ALSO sometimes a grade is really all academia can do given budget cuts and class sizes: fund us more
Also, check out Dr. Shannon’s Class Note on Ungrading:
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Ungrading: Reassessing Assessment - First Publics
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September 20, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Also, check out Dr. Shannon’s Class Note on Ungrading:
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A3. One of my challenges of ungrading (Ss pitch a grade every 5 weeks) is that Ss are losing urgency with reading and writing because it’s not an immediate grade, where other classes are usually traditional point systems which they prioritize. It’s hard for to see the big picture. #UngradingChat
Here are the questions for this week's slow chat on #UngradingChat
I will drop Monday's question tomorrow morning. #EduSky
I will drop Monday's question tomorrow morning. #EduSky
November 20, 2024 at 10:42 AM
A3. One of my challenges of ungrading (Ss pitch a grade every 5 weeks) is that Ss are losing urgency with reading and writing because it’s not an immediate grade, where other classes are usually traditional point systems which they prioritize. It’s hard for to see the big picture. #UngradingChat
Thank you for sharing these samples! I love the structure and content of these portfolios. #ungrading
November 16, 2024 at 6:31 PM
Thank you for sharing these samples! I love the structure and content of these portfolios. #ungrading
I’ve done it in not situations, including a GenEd this past semester. I do have more check-ins in the latter category, to ensure they understand & are following. At the same time, in either scenario they have to put in X work for Y result—I haven’t done full ungrading TBH
May 15, 2024 at 1:38 PM
I’ve done it in not situations, including a GenEd this past semester. I do have more check-ins in the latter category, to ensure they understand & are following. At the same time, in either scenario they have to put in X work for Y result—I haven’t done full ungrading TBH
📌 I’ve been leaning into #ungrading this year. Thanks for posting this - I’m excited to read through and see what your structure looks like.
November 14, 2024 at 4:32 PM
📌 I’ve been leaning into #ungrading this year. Thanks for posting this - I’m excited to read through and see what your structure looks like.
I agree. What I mean is, I see people moving toward "collaborative grading" rather than "ungrading" as a term for the model and "alternative grading" rather than "ungrading" for the umbrella. I see a move away from "ungrading" as a term on most fronts, except for its philosophical connotations.
January 14, 2024 at 7:02 PM
I agree. What I mean is, I see people moving toward "collaborative grading" rather than "ungrading" as a term for the model and "alternative grading" rather than "ungrading" for the umbrella. I see a move away from "ungrading" as a term on most fronts, except for its philosophical connotations.
A preview of our upcoming conversation w/ @josheyler.bsky.social about how grades harm students & what we can do about it. Search & subscribe to "Human Restoration Project" in your podcast app to listen when the full episode comes out this Saturday!
#ungrading #EduSky
#ungrading #EduSky
October 11, 2024 at 1:50 PM
A preview of our upcoming conversation w/ @josheyler.bsky.social about how grades harm students & what we can do about it. Search & subscribe to "Human Restoration Project" in your podcast app to listen when the full episode comes out this Saturday!
#ungrading #EduSky
#ungrading #EduSky
Here is an #EduSky feed for those interested in classroom assessment: bsky.app/profile/did:... It will publish hashtags #SBLChat|#TG2Chat|#Assessment|#ATAssessment|#AssessmentHE|#formativeassessment|#masterygrading|#masteryassessment|#grades|#ungrading
November 17, 2024 at 9:42 PM
Here is an #EduSky feed for those interested in classroom assessment: bsky.app/profile/did:... It will publish hashtags #SBLChat|#TG2Chat|#Assessment|#ATAssessment|#AssessmentHE|#formativeassessment|#masterygrading|#masteryassessment|#grades|#ungrading
I also use ungrading, which means I provide feedback, but no grades, on assignments. Students have many opportunities to revise and improve their work, and their final grade is determined through a holistic look at that work rather than an average of graded activities.
December 15, 2023 at 7:03 PM
I also use ungrading, which means I provide feedback, but no grades, on assignments. Students have many opportunities to revise and improve their work, and their final grade is determined through a holistic look at that work rather than an average of graded activities.
I haven’t given an exam since 2018 and I have graded anything since 2020. I have a feeling it’s going to be a hard landing going back to a traditionally assessed course this year - any advice from those who’ve done this?? #STEM #EduSky #ungrading
August 19, 2023 at 10:32 PM
I haven’t given an exam since 2018 and I have graded anything since 2020. I have a feeling it’s going to be a hard landing going back to a traditionally assessed course this year - any advice from those who’ve done this?? #STEM #EduSky #ungrading
I haven't written about that anywhere. I think I got it from the anthology on Ungrading edited by Susan Blum
December 20, 2024 at 3:04 PM
I haven't written about that anywhere. I think I got it from the anthology on Ungrading edited by Susan Blum
Excellent thread on ungrading.
I didn’t make a full shift to ungrading before I left my prof position, but I was heading in that direction.
I didn’t make a full shift to ungrading before I left my prof position, but I was heading in that direction.
Hi! I’m a college professor, and I use ungrading in most of my classes, and I’d love to have a good faith discussion with anyone who wants to know more about it, since a much better known historian and college professor decided to dismiss and belittle this pedagogy without learning anything about it
September 9, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Excellent thread on ungrading.
I didn’t make a full shift to ungrading before I left my prof position, but I was heading in that direction.
I didn’t make a full shift to ungrading before I left my prof position, but I was heading in that direction.
Great conversations with classes last week about assessment! Ss were brutally honest about gaming the system and all admitted that they truly learn very little. All are now excited to have the chance to take risks and learn thinking skills without putting their grade/future at risk! #ungrading🎢🍎
September 18, 2023 at 1:15 AM
Great conversations with classes last week about assessment! Ss were brutally honest about gaming the system and all admitted that they truly learn very little. All are now excited to have the chance to take risks and learn thinking skills without putting their grade/future at risk! #ungrading🎢🍎
I taught ASTR 310/311 for few years. Same thing, science cred for 3rd yr non-Science students. Majority of Ss just wanted to get the damn credit. But some, when given opp, leaned in and fucking blew me away with their creativity. My advice: provide ungrading opp (portfolio?)but don't make it req'd.
June 12, 2024 at 5:14 PM
I taught ASTR 310/311 for few years. Same thing, science cred for 3rd yr non-Science students. Majority of Ss just wanted to get the damn credit. But some, when given opp, leaned in and fucking blew me away with their creativity. My advice: provide ungrading opp (portfolio?)but don't make it req'd.
I love this connection! Nicole just wrote a great article on #ungrading in dance, David. I was lucky enough to be interviewed for it. The ungrading dance community is small, but growing :) Thanks for starting this list!
November 16, 2024 at 2:09 AM
I love this connection! Nicole just wrote a great article on #ungrading in dance, David. I was lucky enough to be interviewed for it. The ungrading dance community is small, but growing :) Thanks for starting this list!
Preprint no ar: Experiência de ungrading no ensino remoto de controle automático
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March 15, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Preprint no ar: Experiência de ungrading no ensino remoto de controle automático
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This is a popular study for the proponents of #ungrading because it puts a number to the effects of grades on learning. There is something persuasive in the data that shows numbers get higher when task-oriented feedback is provided. Hard to argue with bigger numbers.
September 17, 2025 at 4:43 PM
This is a popular study for the proponents of #ungrading because it puts a number to the effects of grades on learning. There is something persuasive in the data that shows numbers get higher when task-oriented feedback is provided. Hard to argue with bigger numbers.
More workshops I'm facilitating next week at The Bright Institute: “Assessment Strategies for Reducing Stress and Increasing Success” “Using Ungrading to Increase Student Learning and Success” “Teaching and Learning When Things Go Wrong in the College Classroom" @cjdenial.bsky.social
July 30, 2023 at 5:30 PM
More workshops I'm facilitating next week at The Bright Institute: “Assessment Strategies for Reducing Stress and Increasing Success” “Using Ungrading to Increase Student Learning and Success” “Teaching and Learning When Things Go Wrong in the College Classroom" @cjdenial.bsky.social
“Equity in education starts with small, human acts.” www.jessestommel.com/ungrading-fo...
Ungrading for Equity
Ungrading is an equitable practice because grades do harm. And marginalized students are the ones most harmed by grades. Finding ways to reduce that harm is imperative if equity or justice is our goal...
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September 15, 2024 at 7:22 PM
“Equity in education starts with small, human acts.” www.jessestommel.com/ungrading-fo...
I want to learn more about ungrading but am uncertain as to how I'd implement it. Anyone here have experience with it? Is it helping?
A powerful essay by Samantha Glesby, a student at the University of Manitoba about the negative effects of grades and the value of ungrading/collaborative grading. h/t @susandblum.bsky.social & @purpletiger.bsky.social themanitoban.com/2024/11/we-s...
We should incorporate ungrading into more classes
I had never heard of the concept of ungrading until last year. At first, it made me skeptical. I thought, “why am I paying so much money for a pass/fail
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December 2, 2024 at 4:48 PM
I want to learn more about ungrading but am uncertain as to how I'd implement it. Anyone here have experience with it? Is it helping?
Last year, I had the opportunity to be part of some great work around Re-Imagining K-12 Literacies Assessment. They just released the final episodes with interviews of members of the working group and we discuss moving towards #ungrading too! open.spotify.com/show/3dFQyWQ...
Re-Imagining Literacies Assessment
Podcast · Re-Imagining Literacies Assessment · Assessment has profound social, material, and discursive implications. The goal of the Re-Imagining Literacies Assessment project is to mobilize language...
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November 16, 2024 at 6:16 PM
Last year, I had the opportunity to be part of some great work around Re-Imagining K-12 Literacies Assessment. They just released the final episodes with interviews of members of the working group and we discuss moving towards #ungrading too! open.spotify.com/show/3dFQyWQ...