Publications

Recent Publications

Traditional Grading May Not Be as Straightforward as It Seems

Education Week | February 2024
Each teacher’s grading becomes siloed, leading to wide variability—one 10th grade English teacher grades very differently from the 10th...

What Many Advocates–and Critics–Get Wrong about ‘Equitable Grading’

Education Week | February 2024
As someone who has researched equitable grading, written about it, and worked with hundreds of teachers to understand and implement...

Grade Inflation, Grade Bias, and Grade Anxiety

Connecticut Public Radio | September 2023
No two school districts, or even two teachers grade in the exact same way. Which means that grade...

The Problem with Grading

Harvard Graduate School of Education | May 2023
The confusion starts with consistency, as in, there is none. At most schools, there’s no consistency...

Why I Stopped Giving Zeros

Edutopia | October 2022
No two school districts, or even two teachers grade in the exact same way. Which means that grade bias is...

Zero Tolerance for Zeros

Center for Assessment | July 2022
It’s time to stop pretending we have a “100-Point” Grading Scale. Grading and grading scales are one of...

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