Episode 089: Efficient and Effective Grading (or, maybe we could just stop grading everything??)

Our discussion this week was sparked by a hallway conversation about all the grading we are doing these days. Abby shared a couple of resources (posted below) that she has shared with the future teachers we serve–some really good prompts! As we looked at these pieces, we saw many ways we are already implementing some of these strategies, and some strategies we might like to try in the future as well. We hope there are some great nudges here for you in ways to be more effective and efficient in getting feedback to your students, no matter the grade level or content area you teach.

• Check out this infographic full of ideas for efficient grading from Todd Finley: https://twitter.com/finleyt/status/1597809178827190274?s=20
• This post from Jennifer Gonzalez at Cult of Pedagogy also has great ideas that might be an inspiration for you: https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/cut-grading-time-in-half/ 
• And, while we’re on Cult of Pedagogy, here’s an approach for writing better rubrics: https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/single-point-rubric/