Grading for Equity

In a recent book, Grading for Equity, Joe Feldman proposes that faculty should only grade their students based on their knowledge of course objectives and not on elements such as participation and the completion of homework. He argues that grading based partially on behavior skews grades in such a way that someone who knows the course objectives well will not get the grade that they deserve if they do not do all the preparatory work. Also, those who do all the preparatory work but do not attain all the course objectives might get a grade that seems to indicate that they know these objectives. In this discussion, we will explain the details of this position and ask you to reflect on your grading system in the light of Feldman's proposal. Do you agree with Feldman's grading system or not? What would be your version of the ideal grading system for equity? We hope that by comparing your grading system with Feldman's you will gain a greater sense of what you believe grading for equity should look like.