A Toolkit for Grading Reform

We are currently in the midst of one of the most fruitful, effective periods of grading reform in our country's history, both in K-12 and in higher ed. At many of our institutions, faculty are experimenting with a variety of alternative grading strategies and are having success, but many are eager to see more widespread change as well. This session with Josh Eyler provides attendees with research-based tools for reforming grading practices in their own classrooms and at the institutional level as well, with strategies for moving the conversation forward, and with time and space to sketch out a plan for implementation.

About Josh Eyler

Josh Eyler is the Director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning and Director of the Think Forward Quality Enhancement Plan at the University of Mississippi, where he is also Clinical Assistant Professor of Teacher Education. He previously worked on teaching and learning initiatives at Columbus State University, George Mason University, and Rice University. A sought-after speaker for his expertise about the science of learning and about compassion in education, especially in connection with students, grades, and mental health, he has spoken at college and universities across the country, including Yale University, University of Texas, and Johns Hopkins University.

Eyler is the author of the new book Failing Our Future: How Grades Harm Students and What We Can Do about It and the acclaimed book How Humans Learn: The Science and Stories behind Effective College Teaching, which in 2019 Book Authority named one of the “100 Best Education Books of All Time”.  Called a “splendid repository of ways to rethink how we teach college” by the Los Angeles Review of Books, it was named a “Book of the Year” in the Chicago Tribune.