Toward More Equitable Assessment

Erin Whitteck and Douglas Fritz share efforts toward more equitable assessment on episode 370 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
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Quotes from the episode

First impressions with students are extremely important.
-Erin Whitteck

High stakes assessments create such a risk averse environment where there is no room to fail.
-Douglas Fritz

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Resources

• Bonni explains the significance of her favorite number (208) and how it is associated with her teaching during Episode 208
• Boxes (digital and/or analog) of encouragement
• Relationship-Rich Education, by Peter Felton and Leo Lambert
• Peter Felton and Leo Lambert talk about Relationship-Rich Education on Episode 331 of Teaching in Higher Ed
• Robert Talbert describes his 3-dimensional view of assessment in his post: Building Calculus Assessments (not just related to calculus, by the way)
• Retrieval Practice
• Erin likes how Rissa Sorensen-Unruh talks about the word ‘rigor’ in being used to support high-stakes exams

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