Grading Practices
There are many different ways to assess students. Below is an overview of different grading practices, with links to more information. At the bottom of the page, you will find examples of UD instructors’ E110 grading practices.
Labor-Based Grading
Labor-based grading (also known as “contract grading” or a “labor-based grading contract”) is a type of undgrading where grades are based on an amount of labor that is agreed upon between the students and the instructor.
Grading Contracts
The core component of labor-based grading is the co-creation of a course contract at the beginning of the semester and a revision of the contract half-way through the semester.
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- “What labor-based contracts assume is that all labor counts and all labor is equal when it comes to calculating course grades. This in and of itself builds equity among diverse students with diverse linguistic competencies since it is a grading system that does not depend on a particular set of linguistic competencies to acquire grades” (Inoue 128).
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What is Ungrading?
Ungrading is purposefully eliminating or minimizing the use of points or letters to assess student work. Ungrading might include letting students decide their grade or eliminating grades entirely in favor of qualitative evaluation only (Barnard College “article title”).
Learn more about ungrading here.