Congratulations Sharlyn! It was a pleasure to see this piece develop and now featured on @growbeyondgrades.org. Bookmark this insightful essay for high schoolers struggling with how they measure up on externally determined scales.

“I was threatened with being referred to the FBI... They also threatened to stain my record so I would never get a job again. They also threatened with an extended detention if I didn’t give them the passwords to the student information or to my district files."

🕐 ONE WEEK LEFT! Students: How have grades—or the lack of them—shaped your learning or growth? All genres & formats welcome ✍️ Cash prizes 💸 Chance to be published 📚 growbeyondgrades.org/contest #gradeless #ungrading #growbeyondgrades @humanrestorationproject.org @gotlearning.bsky.social

✍️ PLEASE SHARE WITH HS & COLLEGE-AGE STUDENTS! How have grades—or the experience of learning without them—influenced your learning, growth, or personal journey? All genres and formats welcome! @humrespro.bsky.social @gotlearning.bsky.social #gradeless #growbeyondgrades growbeyondgrades.org/contest

Is it too much to imagine schools where students’ learning, growth, strengths, and identities can be acknowledged, celebrated, even shared—without the stifling influences of standardization and measurement? @achiaravalli.bsky.social www.growbeyondgrades.org/blog/we-need...

Amazing Student Power Summit in Ohio! I’ve learned so much the last couple days and was honored to be a presenter! It was great to meet a couple of huge inspirations on my #ungrading journey, @johannabrown.bsky.social and @achiaravalli.bsky.social! I wouldn’t be where I am w/o @growbeyondgrades.org!

The TG2 community was my entry into progressive education systems & so many friendships I've held dear to this day. Many years, a career change, and TG2's own transformation into @growbeyondgrades.org later, the @humrespro.bsky.social gang finally got to hang out with @achiaravalli.bsky.social!

Columbus-bound to present 'Why Grow Beyond Grades' at the Student Power Summit this weekend. Looking forward to meeting up with the likes of @chrismcnutt.bsky.social and @covingtonedu.bsky.social of @humrespro.bsky.social, @johannabrown.bsky.social, @csarkonak.bsky.social. See you soon!

Nuevo podcast @professinotas.bsky.social 📣 Hoy 3 estudiantes de Bachillerato @learnlife.bsky.social nos hablan de su autonomía, su pasión por aprender y su sentido de comunidad. No os perdáis este nuevo episodio inspirador sinnotas.es/2025/03/01/e...

📢 ANNOUNCING AN ESSAY CONTEST FOR HS AND COLLEGE STUDENTS!!! 🚀 How have grades—or the experience of learning without them—influenced your learning, growth, or personal journey? Please share w/interested students! @gotlearning.bsky.social #ungrading #growbeyondgrades growbeyondgrades.org/contest?123

I just enjoyed the most wonderful 75 minutes with brilliant, committed, compassionate colleagues! Thank you so much @growbeyondgrades.org and @achiaravalli.bsky.social ! The topic was #ungrading, but so much more!

Hope you can join us!

La evaluación o es inclusiva o carece de validez

I'm writing about our school-wide move to grading less through SBG & student self-assessment. I'd love you're feedback! #EduSky

📢 We're writing a book! 📖✨ But instead of working in silence, we’re inviting our community to be part of the process. Join our Community Gathering on Feb. 15 (11 AM–12 PM ET)! 📚 RSVP here! growbeyondgrades.org/events/15feb...

Looking forward to this! Gonna be talking about a part of my ungrading journey I’ve yet to write about.

Starting in 30 minutes! Here's the direct link. We'll let you in if your email doesn't look too suspicious! @mariana-morales.bsky.social @helopait.bsky.social @rhonhigg.bsky.social @themcw.bsky.social @davefrangiosa.bsky.social @gregpask.bsky.social calendar.app.google/4gPXCwGefLGB...

Hay personas y proyectos a quienes no puedo decir que no... Así que ahí ando otra vez enredada, escribiendo en inglés con @bpalop.bsky.social sobre lo que hemos aprendido estos tres años con el podcast @professinotas.bsky.social . Gracias, @achiaravalli.bsky.social por esta iniciativa

📢 We’re writing a book! 📖✨ But instead of working in silence, we’re inviting our community to be part of the process. Join our Community Gatherings on Feb. 8 & 15 (11 AM–12 PM ET)! 📚 RSVP here! growbeyondgrades.org/events/08feb...

Someone interviewed me recently about my alternative grading practices and what influenced me to move away from traditional grading - and I realized my experiences of oppression (1st and 2nd hand) influence this so strongly. I don't think I realized it until I articulated it. #ungrading

Very excited that it's just 1.5 months until the Student Power Summit in Ohio! I feel very honored to be presenting alongside @achiaravalli.bsky.social, @covingtonedu.bsky.social, @johannabrown.bsky.social, and so many more that I've learned so much from over the years! Can't wait to learn and grow!

Did you hear? We’re officially a 501(c)(3) nonprofit! That means we need a Board. We are incredibly humbled by this group of educators who believed in our vision enough to join us. Take a moment to bask in their brilliance—you’ll be glad you did! growbeyondgrades.org/board

“I keep bumping up against a stubborn, inconvenient truth: It has been easier to help people grade less in a traditionally graded system than in a standards-based one.” @achiaravalli.bsky.social growbeyondgrades.org/blog/can-sbg-grade-less?1

Rah! I wrote this when I was still at UCL - nearly two years ago I think. Just re-read it and I stand by most of it. What’s most disconcerting is how little we’ve moved on the imperatives I defined

At some point people are going to look back at this current era of education and wonder why there was so much emphasis on getting one type of screen out of the hands of students only to have so much time in the classroom be spent...staring at another screen.

Is it too much to imagine schools where students’ learning, growth, strengths, and identities can be acknowledged, celebrated, even shared—without the stifling influences of standardization and measurement? @achiaravalli.bsky.social www.growbeyondgrades.org/blog/we-need...

It’s here: “Fandoms in the Classroom” now in print! @scottstorm.bsky.social and I are excited to reveal that our foreword was written by none other than @ebonyteach.bsky.social — we are so grateful to you and excited to be in conversation about fandoms & classrooms! #literacies #newrelease #EduSky

Neither assessment nor learning are neutral or benign practices, and continuing to treat them as such leads to the reproduction of inequalities and symbolic violence. @ameenapayne.bsky.social & @janmcarthur.bsky.social growbeyondgrades.org/blog/care-full-feedback

Just a reminder that we are LIVE w/Mike Rutherford of @gotlearning.bsky.social NOW! YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=OwjCLX68JdE LinkedIn: linkedin.com/events/wherethelearninghappensw-mikeru7280233041170427904/theater/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/27718...

My mindset is more 'show me what you know or are curious about' rather than 'let’s find what you don’t know.' @gregpask.bsky.social growbeyondgrades.org/blog/why-no-exams

The traditional approach to MTSS draws lines between students, categorizing them by their perceived needs and inadvertently fostering a deficit-based mindset that opposed the district’s desired focus on equity. @davidekirkland.bsky.social www.growbeyondgrades.org/blog/mt4s-st...

🎙️ Excited to host Mike Rutherford on the GBG podcast! Join hosts @davefrangiosa.bsky.social & @themcw.bsky.social as we explore how @gotlearning.bsky.social is transforming student-teacher interactions—without grades! 📚 #EdTech #LearningInnovation growbeyondgrades.org/blog/01-25ru...

Another related phenomenon, @karismjones.bsky.social: this ‘washing back’ also occurs with schools that CAN imagine another way to teach. Just talked with a friend who teaches in a public Montessori… Tests not only have the power to *shape*; they *deform*. Great article! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Sometimes teachers don’t even realize that their instruction is being shaped by standardized tests. Sometimes they just can’t imagine another way to teach! @karismjones.bsky.social www.growbeyondgrades.org/blog/resisti...

For Maths fans, 2025 is a square. 45² = 45 x 45 = 2025 Also, 9² x 5² = 2025 40² + 20² + 5² = 2025 My favourite? 1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025 #Mathematics #teaching #education

Yes, all of this! Freedom to fail without punishment is critical for the learning process and, turns out, how learning outside of school walls works!

There was a contradiction between what I said I valued and what my assessment methods valued. My grading policy conflicted with an important message I was trying to send to my students about failure. — Anthony Lince #GBGEdu #growbeyondgrades growbeyondgrades.org/blog/opportu...

“What I’d like, of course, is a case that easily justifies my job to the people who want to get rid of it. Unfortunately this is probably impossible. You cannot finally justify yourself to nihilists” www.plough.com/en/topics/co...

Vanessa Ellis gets to the heart of good assessment & reporting here (Thanks, @growbeyondgrades.org for posting). It's worth the read and discussion. We're always going to need to report students' learning progression, and it's even more impactful when sts themselves do the monitoring & reporting.

Going gradeless. Sounds so empowering, right? But for many, going entirely gradeless is not a possibility in their teaching contexts. —Vanessa Ellis #gbg #growbeyondgrades growbeyondgrades.org/blog/not-yet...

There must be experts, not rich men and politicians, leading the charge for innovation. Those experts should all have extensive study in the humanities. An absence of humane expertise is so, so dangerous.

Start of your December on the right foot! ❄️ 🗓️

We’ve got to give up our obsession with measurement. It’s destroying our kids, it’s destroying our teachers, it’s destroying our ability to deliberate, to think deeply, to participate in democratic society. @achiaravalli.bsky.social #ungrading #ungradingchat growbeyondgrades.org/blog/dump-th...

My take on the current Bluesky, Threads, Mastodon/Fediverse Landscape: www.timothychambers.net/2024/11/28/a...

Check out this list of folks who question bus-as-usual in acad assessment (&, usu, everything else too)! I know there's a tendency to dismiss "progressive" edu as insufficiently radical/disruptive. But for those who want revol but still work in schools... #ungrading #AlternativeAssessment #EduSky

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