Ungrading – An Open Community resource about Ungrading

What is ungrading?

Ungrading is the process of leaving out grades, but it is not a method in which teachers stop evaluating students; instead, they are constantly evaluating their students progress by giving feedback or tips to help them improve.

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Ungrading Quotes

When we are transparent in our process and specific in our feedback, we empower our students. Going gradeless is possible in every classroom, even where politics and policy appear to present roadblocks. You just have to stay honest, patient, and committed to the process.

Terry Whitmell

It's time to shift the conversation and make learning visible. Now, you can easily stop reducing students to a number, letter, or any label that misrepresents learning. Now, you can help children see the value in every single.

Starr Sackstein

I’d been looking for an alternative to grades because research shows three reliable effects when students are graded: They tend to think less deeply, avoid taking risks, and lose interest in the learning itself.

Alfie Kohn

Grades reduce the complex process of learning to a single symbol. What we remember years later is not the material but the grade. There is a lot of research on how grades hinder, rather than motivate.

Marc Kissel

Benefits

Ungrading benefits students in different ways:

Motivation

Not having grades motivates students to take risks without getting a bad grade for doing it.

Real learning

Students think of the course as a way to learn more, not just something else to memorize.

Less fear

Grades create fear of failing. A bad grade make students feel they´re not capable of achieving something.

Blog

If you are interested in learning more about ungrading check our blog. You have nothing to loose!

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(Syndicated Excerpt) What If We Didn’t Grade? A Bibliography

This is a syndicated excerpt (with permission from the original author). Title: What If We Didn't Grade? A BibliographyAuthor: Jesse…

Starting Up

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Team

We are a group of teachers and students that wish to transform the traditional education system and implement ungrading as the base of teaching.

Brenda Castillo

Web Designer & Social Media Administrator

Second semester Computer Engineering student at Tecnológico de Monterrey in Guadalajara.

Ken Bauer

Director of Ungrading.net

Associate Professor at Tecnológico de Monterrey in Guadalajara who is willing to encourage others to implement Ungrading.