Episode 26: “Redemption Moments": Grading as a Pathway to Equity with Joe Feldman

In this hot-off-the-press episode, Alcine and Shane chop it up with Joe Feldman, author of Grading for Equity: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How It Can Transform Schools and Classrooms. As you listen in, you’ll get a primer on grading, assessment, and how to reimagine grading as a tool for equity. We dig into the principles of grading for equity including accuracy, transparency, and bias-resistance. Joe’s innovative work is transforming the field and bringing joy back into teaching as educators shed oppressive practices and colonial mindsets around grading. Join us for this illuminating conversation!

Further Learning: 

• Grading for Equity: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How It Can Transform Schools and Classrooms (2023)
• “Empowering Students by Demystifying Grading (ASCD, 2020) 
• “Beyond standards-based grading: Why equity must be part of grading reform” (Kappan, 2019)
• “School Grading Practices are Inaccurate and Inequitable to Black Children” (New York Amsterdam News, 2018)