Episodes
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8 – Getting Started Part 5: How to Determine When a Student has Completed a Learning Outcome and How to Roll it All Up Into a Final Grade
In this episode, our hosts Bosley and Sharona take a thorough look at the third and fourth decisions of the grading architecture of an alternatively graded course. How will a student complete a learning target? How does an instructor roll up evidence of learning into a final grade? In traditional grading, instructors don’t usually determine…
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7 – Getting Started Part 4: Gathering Evidence of Learning and Developing Proficiency Scales
Join Sharona and Bosley as we delve into the details of the first two decisions needed in designing your grading architecture. We discuss the different types of assessments and evidence that we can use to measure student learning. Everything from traditional style exams and quizzes to the use of portfolios, student conversations and even “homework”.…
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6 – The Anatomy of a Learning Outcome: An Interview with Joe Zeccola
Join hosts Robert Bosley and Sharona Krinsky as we talk to Joe Zeccola. Joe is a National Board Certified English teacher and an Equitable Grading and Instruction mentor in the Los Angeles Unified School District. He primarily teaches AP Literature and AP Language classes. In this conversation, we talk to Joe about how he developed…
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5 – Getting Started Part 3: Developing your Grading Architecture
In this episode, Sharona and Bosley describe the four decisions that make up the “Grading Architecture” of an alternatively graded course. How will you assess your learning targets? What type of proficiency scale(s) will you use? How will students show proficiency for a specific learning target? (I.e. how much evidence and of what kind to…
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4 – Grading for Growth: An Interview with Robert Talbert
In this episode of The Grading Podcast we interview Dr. Robert Talbert. Dr. Talbert is a full professor in the mathematics department at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, MI. Dr. Talbert is the author of Flipped Learning: A Guide for Higher Education Faculty and the newly released Grading for Growth. Dr. Talbert has…
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3 – Getting Started Part 2: Alternative Grading Defined
In this episode of The Grading Podcast, co-hosts Sharona and Bosley introduce the four pillars of Alternative Grading: Clearly defined and measurable learning outcomes Helpful, actionable feedback Marks indicate Progress Reattempts/redos without penalty Each pillar is introduced and defined, along with common misconceptions and myths. Resources The Grading Conference – an annual, online conference exploring…
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2 – Getting Started Part 1: The Problems with Traditional Grading
Before we can explore how to change our grading to be more effective, more humane, more inclusive and to better support student learning, we need to begin by examining more closely what is wrong with what we currently do. In this episode, Sharona and Bosley take a deep dive into the problems with the traditional…
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1 – Introduction – Welcome to the Pod!
Welcome to the launch of The Grading Podcast with your hosts, Robert Bosley and Sharona Krinsky. Welcome to the inaugural episode of The Grading Podcast, a show dedicated to exploring everything related to grading student work in the context of the educational system of the United States. Grading is a largely unexamined component of the…
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Trailer – The Grading Podcast, Launching July 2023
We believe that Grading is an extremely important and largely unexamined piece of the classroom puzzle that can significantly help or hinder student success. Whether you work in higher Ed or k-12, are a teacher, a coach, or an administrator this podcast is for you. At The Grading Podcast we will take a critical lens…