Grading and Feedback
How can we give students useful feedback that helps them learn? What do grades actually communicate, and are there inequities built into common grading systems? These resources help you consider your grading and feedback practices with an eye to equity.
Carleton Resources
Strategies for Oral Assessment
LTC Lunch video 4/18/2023
Engaging ChatGPT in the Classroom
LTC Teaching Toolbox resource page
Being a Multilingual Writer at Carleton
LTC Lunch video 10/4/2022
Tech Toolkit – We Need a Bigger Toolbox!
LTC Lunch video 10/19/2021
LTC Lunch video 10/19/2021
Learning Technologies with Social Justice Benefits
LTC Lunch video 5/4/2021
LTC Lunch video 5/4/2021
Feedback and Assessment in Collaborative Projects with Students
LTC Lunch video 10/22/2019
LTC Lunch video 10/22/2019
Feedback and assessment in collaborative projects with students
LTC blog post
LTC blog post
Self-Assessment as a Tool for Student Learning
LTC Lunch 11/5/2019
LTC Lunch 11/5/2019
Building the Skill of Class Participation
LTC blog post
LTC blog post
Efficient and Effective Feedback Workshop
LTC blog post
LTC blog post
Giving Feedback That Supports Students
LTC blog post
LTC blog post
Small Course Modifications That Can Help All students Succeed
LTC blog post
LTC blog post
Creating a Constructive “Error Climate” in the Classroom
LTC blog post
LTC blog post
Grading Group Assignments
LTC Teaching Toolbox resource page
LTC Teaching Toolbox resource page
Rethinking Revision
LTC Teaching Toolbox resource page
LTC Teaching Toolbox resource page
Effective Feedback
LTC Teaching Toolbox resource
Materials from Other Colleges, Universities, and Organizations
- Brown University, Harriet Sheridan Center, Inclusive Assessment of Student Learning
- Georgetown University, Teaching Commons, “Bottlenecks and Thresholds”
- Cathy Davidson, Contract Grading and Peer Review
- University of Chicago, Inclusive Pedagogy, Assess Inclusively
- Yeager, David Scott, Valerie Purdie-Vaughns, Julio Garcia, et al. “Breaking the cycle of mistrust: Wise interventions to provide critical feedback across the racial divide.” Journal of Experimental Psychology: General 143: 2 (2014): 804-824. DOI: 10.1037/a0033906
- Rollins College, Anti-Racist Assessment
- Feldman, Joe. Grading for Equity: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How It Can Transform Schools and Classrooms. Thousand Oaks, California: Corwin, a SAGE Company, 2019.
- Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (and What to Do Instead). Edited by Susan Debra Blum. Morgantown, West Virginia: West Virginia University Press, 2020.
- Clark, David, and Robert Talbert. Grading for Growth: A Guide to Alternative Grading Practices That Promote Authentic Learning and Student Engagement in Higher Education. New York : Routledge, 2023