Last semester, Kelley School of Business Communication and Professional Skills lecturers Joe Packowski and Emily Esola elicited responses from faculty to gauge interest in a professional development opportunity to implement specifications grading into their courses. We are excited to announce that we are ready to launch our first “Implementing Specs Grading” faculty learning community, which… Read more »
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Implementing the innovative grading practice of Specs Grading into your course
Are you interested in grading methods that take the unnecessary stress out of the process, saving you considerable time and mental energy without sacrificing rigor? If so, you might be interested in innovative or alternative grading, a broader umbrella term for assessment practices which eliminate or greatly reduce the usage of assigned points and letter… Read more »
A Better Way To Grade
Specifications Grading (“Specs” Grading) is a form of contract grading based on the amount of work students choose to complete in a course. Allowing students to make this decision up front can increase motivation and self-direction in a course, and it can also focus and reduce grading for the instructor. Specs Grading motivates students like… Read more »