First-Year Writing Portfolio Group Grading Here is how our system worksFaculty will meet for an hour every two weeks in groups of five or six to discuss their assignments, their student writing, their teaching, and their grading.
Teachers use copies of student work as anchors for discussion.
Teachers report back to their students the results of these discussions, so that students gain an awareness of the expectations of the group. At the end of the semester, each student will submit a final portfolio consisting of three pieces of writing from the course, including at least one paper integrating outside sources. Teachers adjust the student's portfolio grade with a plus or a minus to reflect additional aspects of the student's performance in class. Each portfolio will be read and scored by one reader from the group other than the student's own teacher. If the two outside readers agree, the teacher must assign the agreed-upon grade.