Assessing My First Attempt at Ungrading
W. Ian O'Byrne,
Jan 24, 2022
Were I a student in his class, I would have been one of the ones objecting to ungrading. There's a reason for that: in the system as it exist, grades mean something, and an A (which I usually got) means more than a C (which I rarely got). But in this case, it's up to the professor, I guess. But. Ian O'Byrne also represents his act of ungrading as an act of "decentering the teacher". Which makes this ironic: "Assessment is ultimately a game... If you decide to develop a different game, you need to develop the rules of the game and enforce them... Ultimately this comes down to power... For many students, this information is not taken well."
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