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BEFORE WE START OUR

SESSION:
Share the most
informative thing you
learned at NISOD2016 so
far with someone next to
you.

IS FAIR GRADING
FUTILE?
EXPLORING A NEW TYPE
OF ASSESSMENT
SAMUEL J. BUEMI, PH.D.
NORTHCENTRAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE,
WAUSAU WISCONSIN

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Most challenging aspect about

Grading/Assessments?

SIMPLICITY IS THE ULTIMATE SOPHISTICATION.

LEONARDO DA VINCI

FORESHADOW
Rubrics
Tactics (not strategy)
Highly Specific Criteria
Fairness & Efficiency

Will engage in small/large group discussion

BIGGEST CONCERNS (N=160)

72% selected Better Engaging Students
62% selected Communication (web pages, portals,
email, etc.)
59% selected Collaborative Activities
58% selected Letting Students Create Content
57% selected Teaching Specific Technology Skills
Emergingedtech.com, 2016

I am so very sorry for missing class, again. I was

incarcerated for defending myself against my ex fianc...
only I had a bat.. I know I screwed up but I'm out now. And
I'm continuing to try and stay strong. This is why I haven't
written my paper on domestic violence yet. It hits too hard.
But I will get it done. I am SO SORRY.

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WHY & HOW IS THIS A PROBLEM?

Strategy & Tactics

THE #SELFIE GENERATION

Millennial & Entitlement
Minimize Conflicts
Maximize Fairness

ASSESS EYE CONTACT

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ARGUMENT: TYPES OF GRADING

Subjecti
ve

When, if
ever, is
subjective
grading
permitted in
the course?

Objecti
ve

Qualitative vs Quantitative Approach

TYPES OF ASSESSMENTS
Good for:

Formative
Monitoring (low stakes)

Summative
Evaluating Benchmarks (high stakes)

EDUCATOR:
BEHIND THE SCENE
Thesis: Bias, Inaccurate, Poor timing
"Teachers often replicate what they
experienced as students Pula Stitt
Ken Bain What the Best College
Teachers Do
Guide on the side
Sage on the Stage

BAD EXAMPLES
Fresh
Thorough
Sloppy
Excessively Brief
Haphazard Organization
Visually Appealing

WHAT IS SESSION ABOUT?

Rubrics
Tactics (not strategy)
Highly Specific Criteria
Fairness & Efficiency

REVISE
Criteria

Excellent

Style &
Mechanics
sentence
structure
word choice
tone
grammar
spelling
punctuation

Style is
confident,
readable and
rhetorically
effective in
tone,
incorporating
varied sentence
structure,
precise word
choice and
correct
grammar,
spelling and
punctuation.
(Mastery of
style)

Above Average

Average

Below Average

Style is readable and

rhetorically effective
in tone, incorporating
varied sentence
structure, effective
word choice, and
correct grammar,
spelling and
punctuation.
(Effective style)

Style is readable,
but unremarkable
in tone, sometimes
including a lack of
sentence variety
effective word
choice, or some
distracting, but not
serious, errors in
grammar, spelling
and punctuation.
(Readable but
inconsistent style)

Style is incoherent
or inappropriate in
tone, including a
lack of sentence
variety,
ineffective or
inappropriate
word choice, and
serious errors in
grammar, spelling
and punctuation.
(Ineffective style)

TIMING: WHEN TO USE IT

Infuse or Acculturate
Describe your rubric (if you have one) and
whether it can benefit from Axial
Assessment.

Time Permitting

Benefits

Disadvantages

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IS FAIR GRADING FUTILE? EXPLORING A NEW

TYPE OF ASSESSMENT
Dr. Samuel J. Buemi
buemi@ntc.edu
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