An Ungrading Experiment

Sarita Shukla, School of Educational Studies, UW Bothell

Grading is ubiquitous in academia and the notion of ungrading is counterintuitive in that it centers student agency and critical thinking with regards to grades that students earn. Engaging with student work rather than going through the motions is at the heart of ungrading (Stommel, 2018; Morris & Stommel, 2018). I therefore decided to put ungrading in practice across two different classes across two quarters in my undergraduate education classes.