Spring 2026 Learning Community

The Center for Grading Reform, in partnership with the RIOS Institute, is pleased to sponsor a Learning Community on Implementing Alternative Grading for post-secondary faculty. In this six week learning community, participants will work through a scaffolded implementation plan to incorporate an alternative grading schema into their next course. Participants should have some familiarity with alternative grading and have identified a course they will teach next semester/quarter in which they would like to use alternative grading.

1. Participants will work through a scaffolded implementation plan to incorporate an alternative grading schema in a course they teach.
2. Participants will develop a community of peers focused on mutual feedback and support while implementing alternative grading
3. Participants will complete the relevant parts of the syllabus for using an alternative grading practice in a course they teach.

Meetings & Topics

The Learning Community will meet on Tuesdays at 3 Eastern/12 Pacific

• 5/5: Introduction, Course Learning Objectives
• 5/12: Assessment-level Outcomes
• 5/19: Enumerating Assessments & Marking Schemes
• 5/26: Revisions and Reassessments
• 6/2: Grade Tables
• 6/9: Simplifying and Getting Feedback

Facilitators: Drew Lewis (drew.lewis@centerforgradingreform.org) and Melanie Lenahan (melanie.lenahan@raritanval.edu)

For more details and to sign up, please visit the Learning Community QUBES page