Labor-Based Grading Contracts as Anti-racist Classroom Writing Assessment

How do we make our grading practices in all disciplines not just more equitable and inclusive but antiracist in purpose and outcomes? This interactive keynote, featuring Asao Inoue, an associate dean for academic affairs, equity and inclusion at Arizona State University, centers on labor-based grading contracts in all courses where students write. It will discuss what they are, what values and philosophical grounds they promote, and how a teacher might begin thinking about using them in college courses. During the keynote, participants will engage in three activities:
An interactive lecture that offers some theoretical background that leads to using labor-based grading contracts in classrooms that support writing.A reflective reading of a template labor-based grading contract.A Q&A period. Participants will leave the lecture with a sample labor-based grading contract and a handout with links to other materials online.