Pass/ Fail Assessment: Implications for Practice by Decolonise the Arts Curriculum https://padlet.com/DecoloniseTheArtsCurriculum/PassFail Add any questions or comments you have about pass/fail assessment for Year 1 en-us 2020-10-27 13:26:23 UTC 2025-10-08 15:07:22 UTC hello@padlet.com What is the function of a grade? We know that when students receive a grade and qualitative comments, they remember the former, take it very personally and often do not read or recall the latter. Grades reinforce the idea of tutors as incontestable authorities applying arbitrary assessments. So in the absence of the grade (huge opportunity) how might we promote the idea of tutors' judgements as contingent, and encourage students to develop their own sense of what makes 'good work'? dsabri1_2 https://padlet.com/DecoloniseTheArtsCurriculum/PassFail/wish/907802718 2020-11-10 09:51:33 UTC https://padlet.com/DecoloniseTheArtsCurriculum/PassFail/wish/907802718 Failed At What? drnomadic https://padlet.com/DecoloniseTheArtsCurriculum/PassFail/wish/909658585 Is the fail in Pass/Fail a failure? Or is the / where one of the issues lies? An additive model is better than a subtractive one? ]]> 2020-11-10 17:38:17 UTC https://padlet.com/DecoloniseTheArtsCurriculum/PassFail/wish/909658585 Liberating... https://padlet.com/DecoloniseTheArtsCurriculum/PassFail/wish/912322787 Some of the assignment's I'm currently completing for year 1 of my PhD are pass/fail only, and I'm finding myself feeling much more liberated as I approach these, able to take risks and use my own voice. So far I've 'passed' both and not been bothered about having a grade as the feedback helped me understand where and how I can improve for graded assignments. So from my own first hand experience I can see the benefits of pass/fail approach in practice for students in terms of producing work.
 ]]> 2020-11-11 10:53:54 UTC https://padlet.com/DecoloniseTheArtsCurriculum/PassFail/wish/912322787 AEM https://padlet.com/DecoloniseTheArtsCurriculum/PassFail/wish/912594716 We are concerned about the attainment/achievement gap and what the impact of pass/ fail might have on this? Either on us or the students. Grades provide an easy way to flag up issues in first year, and look across the cohort for patterns. ]]> 2020-11-11 12:59:05 UTC https://padlet.com/DecoloniseTheArtsCurriculum/PassFail/wish/912594716 Ungrade or grade? tkaczmarek1 https://padlet.com/DecoloniseTheArtsCurriculum/PassFail/wish/912599385 On one hand I am fascinated by approach presented by Jesse Stommel and opportunities it gives - https://www.jessestommel.com/how-to-ungrade/

On other students do work towards qualifications, those degrees present how qualified we believe the students are, and the grade is a representation of that.]]> 2020-11-11 13:00:55 UTC https://padlet.com/DecoloniseTheArtsCurriculum/PassFail/wish/912599385 Appreciative assessment? ccaldwell39 https://padlet.com/DecoloniseTheArtsCurriculum/PassFail/wish/912700116 IN Stage 1, can we use feedback and pass/fail grading to encourage students to feel they belong and give them time to settle in? I agree with the comments that some minor requirements should not not be a single reason to fail. Particularly when our UAL digital systems have their occasional faults (e.g broken links). 
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