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There’s something wrong with the way we’re grading that isn’t being talked about nearly enough.
On today’s show, Dr. Linda Nilson shares about a whole new way of thinking about assessing students’ work and making grades mean more.

Podcast Notes
Dr. Linda B. Nilson
Director of the Office of Teaching Effectiveness and Innovation at Clemson University
Specifications grading
Advocating a new way of grading from University of Pittsburgh University Times
The problem with “traditional” grading
Academic and Occupational Performance: A Quantitative Synthesis (Samson, Graue, Weinstein & Walberg)
.155 correlation meta analysis done by Sampson
2.4% of the variance in career success
2006 study by the American Institutes for Research
Fewer than 1/2 of four year college graduates
Fewer than 3/4 of two year college graduates
Demonstrate literary proficiency
Explanation of specifications grading
Bundles
Virtual tokens
Robert Talbert blog Casting out nines
How specifications grading came to be
Benefits
Concerns
Recommendations
Bonni: PollEverywhere (new features)
Linda: Cultivate your courage by trying out things you’re afraid of…
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