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From: Jen Mankoff <jmankoff@cs.washington.edu>
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2023 17:51:45 -0700
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# Grading
While grading is a necessary part of what we do at UW, I want to focus
-this class on learning. The following policies are meant to encourage
-that. **There will not be quizzes, or a midterm or final exam this
-quarter**. Instead, your knowledge will be assessed via a combination
-of peer feedback, course staff feedback, and your own reflections. In
-addition, course staff will be looking for and marking down when you
-achieve competency with basic requirements such as presenting
-accessibly and turning in accessible documents.
-
-## Grading Approach
-We’ll be using competency based grading for most elements of this
-class. We have a set of core learning goals in this class. For each of
-them, you may be "competent" or "excellent". If you excel at them all,
-and participate in the class, you get an 4.0. Various combinations of
-"competent" "excellent" and "not competent" result in other grades.
-
-Many of these competencies are assessed repeatedly. I don't care if
-you get them wrong at first, as long as you eventually learn them.
-
-Some are assessed less frequently. For those, you have the opportunity
-to request a regrade if you feel you've improved on them.
+this class on learning; and to ensure that my approach to assessment
+is inclusive and focuses on a justice based approach. There has been a
+lot of [innovation in
+assessment](https://online.suny.edu/innovativeassessments/) in recent
+years, driven partly by COVID-19. We have tried to learn from this in our grading.
+
+**There will not be quizzes, or a midterm or final exam**. Instead, your knowledge will be assessed
+[Competency based
+grading](https://aurora-institute.org/cw_post/cbe-in-practice-grading/) is in alignment with the disability justice focus in this
+course. It separates out *how* you learn a skill from *whether you
+know it.* Many of these competencies are assessed repeatedly. *I don't
+care if you get them wrong at first*, as long as you eventually learn
+them. If you learn them all, and participate fully in the class, you
+will get an A.
+
+
+In the image below, you can see how traditional grading assigns a score
+for each assignment and adds them together. If you score badly on your
+first assignment, that negatively affects your grade, *even if* you demonstrate that you've
+learned everything you needed to know in it during later assignments. In contrast
+competency-based grading is structured around learning goals. All of the different
+things you do that demonstrate progress on those learning goals are grouped together
+to help assign a score on that learning goal.
+
+
+
+
## Grading Breakdown (tentative)
-Grades will be assigned approximately as follows:
+Grades will be assigned in three categories: Assignment completion, effort, and competencies.
-## Grading Approach
+### 80%: Competencies
The competencies needed for this course are listed on the [assignments
page](assignments/index.html), and can all be found in canvas as well.
-There are three categories of skills: (1) Accessible Media and
-Documents (2) Accessibility Compliance and (3) Disability Awareness
-and Justice. Accessible videos is a "bonus" meaning it can add a
-competency, but won't count against you if you don't do it.
+There are three categories of Competency, each with four skills you
+need to learn: (1) Accessible Media and Documents (2) Accessibility
+Compliance and (3) Disability Awareness and Justice. There is one
+"bonus", Accessible Videos, meaning that it is not required but can
+replace any other competency if you want to use it.
+
+Your highest score on each skill *in any assignment* determines your
+grade on that skill. In addition, you may request regrades. When you
+are graded on a skill, we rate yoru skill as "no evidence" "below
+competent" "basic knowledge" or "excellent". Various combinations of
+"basic" "excellent" and "below competent" result in other grades.
+
+The table below shows how scores will be converted to a grade. Note
+that if even 1 skill in a competency category is below competence
+(**!Comp**), the highest possible grade is 75% in that competency
+category. Assuming that you are at least competent in all skills, your
+grade is based on how many skills are excellent versus competent. You
+have to be excellent in all 4 skills to get to 100; at least 3 to get
+to 95%; and at least 2 to get to 85%. Your final score on your
+competencies is an average of your competence in each category.
-Your grade in each skill category is calculated based on the table below. Your final competency grade is the average of these three categories. You can view your progress on each competency in Canvas. Open up the category to see individual competencies; and click on the competency to see details on whether you are "competent" or "excellent". Further comments on each competency can be found in the grading on the individual assignments where it is assessed.
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-| Outcome Category | Score | | 4 (A) | 3.8 (A-) | 3.4 (B+) | 3.2 (B) | 2.8 (B-) | 1.1 (D) | 0 (E) |
-|---------------------|-----------|----|-------|----------|----------|---------|----------|---------|-------|
-| Media/Docs | !Comp | <= | | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
-| (All = 5 ) | Excellent | >= | 4/5 | 3/5 | 2/5 | 1/5 | | | |
-| Compliance | !Comp | <= | | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
-| (All = 4) | Excellent | >= | 4/4 | 3/4 | 2/4 | 1/4 | | | |
-| Awareness / | !Comp | <= | | | | 1 | 2 | | 3 |
-| Justice (All=3) | Excellent | >= | 3/3 | 2/3 | 1/3 | | | | |
-| Bonus: Video Access | | | | | | | | | |
-
-Note that if even 1 skill in a category is below competence (**!Comp**), the highest possible grade is 2.8 for all skill groups).
+| Outcome Category | Score | | 100% | 95% | 85% | 75% | 60% | 30% | 0% |
+|---------------------|-----------|----|------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|----|
+| Media/Docs | !Comp | <= | | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
+| (All = 4 ) | Excellent | >= | 4/4 | 3/4 | 2/4 | 1/4 | | | |
+| Compliance | !Comp | <= | | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
+| (All = 4) | Excellent | >= | 4/4 | 3/4 | 2/4 | 1/4 | | | |
+| Justice | !Comp | <= | | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
+| (All = 4) | Excellent | >= | 4/4 | 3/4 | 2/4 | 1/4 | | | |
+| Bonus: Video Access | | | | | | | | | |
-Assuming that you are at least competent in all skills, your grade is based on how many skills are excellent versus competent. You have to be excellent in all 4 skills to get a 4.0; at least 3 to get a 3.8; and at least 2 to get a 3.4.
+You can
+view your progress on each competency in Canvas (Excellent is called
+"Mastery" there). **Open up the category to see individual
+competencies; and click on the competency to see details on whether
+you are "competent" or "excellent"**.
### 10%: Assignment Completion
Assignment completion is 10% of your grade. This is listed as the "participation" competency for each assignment in canvas. The weight of each assignment is simply the number of weeks long it is, so a longer assignment would contribute more to your assignment completion grade than a shorter one.
@@ -250,7 +274,7 @@ Assignment completion is 10% of your grade. This is listed as the "participation
Your effort grade will reflect your participation in the class across
multiple dimensions such as whether you participated in discussions
and exercises in class (self reported) and whether you participated in
-discussions outside of class (based on your submissions)
+discussions outside of class (based on your submissions).
## Regrade Policy
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