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Blum, S. (2020). Ungrading: Why rating students undermines learning (and what to do instead) . West Virginia University Press.

California Virtual Campus-Online Education Initiative (2018, October 1). CVC-OEI Rubric. CVC-OEI Course Design Rubric. https://cvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/CVC-OEI-Course-Design-Rubric-rev.10.2018.pdf Links to an external site. 

Cilli-Turner, Emily, Dunmyre, Justin, Mahoney, Thomas, & Wiley, Chad. (2020). Mastery Grading: Build-A-Syllabus Workshop. PRIMUS, 30(8–10), 952–978. https://doi.org/10.1080/10511970.2020.1733152 Links to an external site.

Darby, F., & Lang, J. M. (2019). Small teaching online: Applying learning science in online classes. John Wiley & Sons.Darby, F., & Lang, J. M. (2019). Small teaching online: Applying learning science in online classes. John Wiley & Sons.

Elbow, Peter and Jane Danielewicz. (2008). “A Unilateral Grading Contract to Improve Learning and Teaching.” English Department Faculty Publication Series, University of Massachusetts—Amherts.

Feldman, J. (2019). Grading for Equity : What It Is, Why It Matters, and How It Can Transform Schools and Classrooms. Corwin.

Inoue, Asao B. (2015), Antiracist Writing Assessment Ecologies: Teaching and Assessing Writing for a Socially Just Future. Parlor Press, 2015. 

Lang, J. M. (2021). Small teaching: Everyday lessons from the science of learning. John Wiley & Sons.Lang, J. M. (2021). Small teaching: Everyday lessons from the science of learning. John Wiley & Sons.

Maitzen, Rohan (2021). Specifications Grading: My First Attempt. https://rohanmaitzen.com/2021/01/04/specifications-grading-my-first-attempt/ Links to an external site.

McMillan, J. H. (2014). Classroom assessment: Principles and practice for effective standards-based instruction. Pearson.McMillan, J. H. (2014). Classroom assessment: Principles and practice for effective standards-based instruction. Pearson.

Nilson, L. (2014). Specifications Grading: Restoring Rigor, Motivating Students, and Saving Faculty Time Specifications Grading: Restoring Rigor, Motivating Students, and Saving Faculty Time. Stylus Publishing.

Nilson, L. B., & Goodson, L. A. (2021). Online teaching at its best: Merging instructional design with teaching and learning research. John Wiley & Sons.

Owens, Kate (2015). A Beginner’s Guide to Standards-Based Grading. AMS Blog on Teaching and Learning Mathematics. https://blogs.ams.org/matheducation/2015/11/20/a-beginners-guide-to-standards-based-grading/ Links to an external site..

Sorensen-Unruh, Clarissa (2019). Ungrading: A Series https://clarissasorensenunruh.com/2019/02/10/ungrading-a-series-part-1/ Links to an external site..

Stommel, Jesse (2018). How to Ungrade. https://www.jessestommel.com/how-to-ungrade/ Links to an external site..