Episodes
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98 – Sessions and Topics and Toolkits – oh my!!! Previewing the 2025 Grading Conference with the Conference Organizing Team.
In this episode, many of the organizers of this year’s conference join Sharona and Bosley to preview the upcoming conference and talk about some of the community aspects of The Grading Conference. We welcome Ashleigh Fox, Jenni Momsen, Emily Pitts Donahoe, and Melanie Lenahan. Links Please note – any books linked here are likely Amazon…
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97 – Distinguishing Different Letter Grades: The Three Hurdles Model
In this episode, Sharona and Bosley discuss different ways to look at the grade wrap up portion of the grading architecture as it relates to learning outcomes as well as assessments. They discuss the well known “more hurdles, higher hurdles” metaphor but expand it into three different types of hurdles instead of the two we…
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96 – Alt Grading and Administrators: Supporting Teachers and Getting Support from Admin
In this week’s episode, Sharona and Bosley dive into some of the details, nuances, similarities and differences regarding the role of administrators in the implementation of alternative grading practices. We talk about what administrators can do to support alternative grading efforts, how to talk to administrators, and the similarities and differences in the roles of…
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95 – Standards Based Reporting and Grading at the Elementary School Level
In this episode, Sharona and Bosley look at some of the challenges that elementary school face when considering standards based reporting and standards based grading. From issues with consistency between instructors to the differences between communicating with parents versus communicating with students. Join us in this discussion as we look at the importance of grading…
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94 – Replay: The Human Impact of our Assessments on Students, What story do your assessments tell about a student? An Interview with Sean Nank
Please enjoy this replay of episode 20 from November 2023. Coming to you from the California Mathematics Council – South annual conference, Sharona and Bosley sit down for a wonderful conversation with Dr. Sean Nank. Sean is an adjunct professor at California State University San Marcos, a full professor at the American College of Education,…
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93 – The Importance of Understanding AI as an Instructor in Order to Comprehend It’s Impact on Your Students and Your Grading
Sharona and Bosley sit down this week to talk with Jennifer Martinez-Montes about her work on professional development surrounding AI for instructors. Jennifer is a 9th grade English teacher at Santee Education Complex in the Los Angeles Unified School District. She is currently researching the impact of AI on teachers and the opportunities for effective…
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92 – Researching Grading Reform: Building the Evidence to Change the System
In this episode, Sharona and Boz dive into what research around grading reform might look like. From the types of studies to the areas of interest and some options for focus. We look at what’s been done, what’s missing, and how the Center for Grading Reform is planning to launch a new initiative to build…
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91 – Feedback: Improving How We Give It and How Students Use It
This week we welcome Joe Zeccola back to the podcast. In this episode, Sharona, Boz and Joe look at how we give feedback, how students use it, and how we make both the giving of feedback and the student use of feedback easier, more useful, and more in line with our goals for our students.…
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90 – Building a Community of Practice AND Even MORE Misuse of Mathematics!!!!!!
In this week’s episode, Sharona and Boz sit down with Caroline Cormier and Françoise Arseneault-Hubert to discuss the movement towards alt grading in Quebec. Beginning with a description of the CEGEP system (pronounced say-ghep) that serves as a bridge between K-11 education and university/technical tracks we then explore how Caroline and Françoise have built a…
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89 – AI and CheckIt: Tools and Methods for Gathering Evidence of Learning (Making Assessment Writing Easier)
This week Sharona and Boz share some ideas, tools and methods for making assessment writing easier including AI, CheckIt (programmable assessment generation) and intentional alignment of content and assessments. Links Please note – any books linked here are likely Amazon Associates links. Clicking on them and purchasing through them helps support the show. Thanks for…