The Grading Podcast

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 classroom experience for most instructors and students. Until the fifteen years or so, important research into grading practices and their effect on students was often ignored by instructors, administrators, and institutions in favor of a "traditional" points-and-percentages based grading system. However, over the last fifteen years there has been a growing awareness of the destructive nature of our current grading system and an increasing push for reform.As classroom mathematics instructors, faculty development professionals, users of alternative grading systems and co-organizers of The Grading Conference (now entering its fifth year) the co-hosts Robert Bosley and Sharona Krinsky bring their depth of expertise and experience into the podcast arena to provide an evidence-driven, research-informed practical podcast.Listen to this episode to hear where they came from, and what they hope to provide with this podcast.ResourcesThe Grading ConferenceSome great resources to educate yourself about Alternative Grading:The Grading for Growth BlogThe Grading ConferenceThe Intentional Academia BlogRecommended Books on Alternative Grading:Grading for Growth, by Robert Talbert and David ClarkSpecifications Grading, by Linda NilsenGrading for Equity, by Joe FeldmanThe Grading Podcast publishes every week on Tuesday at 4 AM Pacific time, so be sure to subscribe and get notified of each new episode. You can follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram - @thegradingpod. To leave us a comment, please go to our website: www.thegradingpod.com and leave a comment on this episode's page.If you would like to be considered to be a guest on this show, please reach out using the Contact Us form on our website, www.thegradingpod.com.MusicCountry Rock performed by Lite SaturationCountry Rock by Lite Saturation is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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 to traditional grading, alternative grading, equitable grading, ungrading or any other method of assessing student learning. We believe in using grading practices to help students succeed and learn. Our goal with this podcast is to provide you with the practical, detailed information you need to be able to actually implement effective grading practices in your class at your institution. Please join us as we explore the impact of grading on student learning. Our first episodes launch in mid-July 2023. To receive all our launch information, please follow and subscribe to this podcast. If you would like to submit a topic request or are interested in being a guest on the show, please visit our website, www.TheGradingPod.com, and use the contact us form to send us a message. See you in July!Music:Country Rock performed by Lite SaturationCountry Rock by Lite Saturation is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.