Resources

Higher education & STEM focus

Community - places to discuss and ask questions

• Mastery Grading Slack Workspace - use this link to join it: Invitation to Join

• List of People to Follow On Twitter

Frequently asked questions

• Mastery grading FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) by David Clark: Direct answers to common questions

Books and blogs

• Specifications Grading by Linda Nilson on Amazon

• Grading for Equity by Joe Feldman

• Ungrading (edited by Susan D. Blum) on Amazon

• Get Set, Go! Creating Successful Grading and Reporting Systems by Thomas Guskey

• A Beginner's Guide to Mastery Based Grading - blog post by Kate Owens

• Robert Talbert's Blog

Scholarly articles and literature reviews

• PRIMUS special issue on Mastery Grading: A collection of articles on mastery grading in math (freely available for June 2021)

• Build-a-syllabus workshop (Cilli-Turner, Dunmyre, Mahoney, and Wiley): This paper, used during the conference, is available for free to all conference participants

• Build-a-syllabus summary checklist

• Teaching More by Grading Less (or Differently), Journal Article by Schinske and Tanner

• All Things Standards Based Grading - by Matt Townsend

Sample syllabi and materials

• Math: Repository of Mastery Grading syllabi and other resources for university level Mathematics

• Physics: Repository of Mastery Grading syllabi and other resources for university level Physics

• Biology: Repository of Mastery Grading syllabi and other resources for university level Biology

• Chemistry: Repository of Mastery Grading syllabi and other resources for university level Chemistry

• Mathematical Practice Standards as adapted from the Common Core Standards by Sharona Krinsky