EPISODE 06: ASSESSMENT

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Episode 06: Assessment | 30 December 2025 Trent and Stephen expand on The Worldbuilding Workshop’s fifth chapter, “Assessment,” including: The similarities and differences between alphanumeric and standards-based grading; Rubrics, portfolio artifacts, and how to differentiate between different kinds of student growth; Assessment methods that optimally fit the worldbuilding process; Systemic problems with quantitative assessment in K12 and higher education; The consequences of privileging quantitative over qualitative assessment; Project-based approaches to instruction and valuing process over product; Grade grubbing vs. learning for learning’s sake; How we collectively understand learner grades vs. student evaluations of teaching; And finding an assessment approach you can live with. Episode References: Trasviña, J. (2025, May 27). Grading for equity coming to San Francisco high schools this fall. The Voice of San Francisco. https://thevoicesf.org/grading-for-equity-coming-to-san-francisco-high-schools-this-fall/

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