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This episode was generated using AI narration via Google Notebook LM. It is based on and produced from the full article published on the Echoes of Learning and Teaching blog.

🎧 Episode 3: “The False Precision of Grades: What Are We Really Measuring?”

In this episode of Echoes of Learning and Teaching, we question one of the central pillars of higher‐education assessment: the grade. Drawing on the blog post “The False Precision of Grades: What Are We Really Measuring?”, we ask: when we reduce complex learning journeys to a letter or number, what do we actually measure — and what do we lose?

We’ll explore questions like:

• Are grades designed to capture learning, or to sort students?
• How can a single mark reflect growth, skills, creativity, collaboration — or the messy, real work of learning?
• What might it look like if we shifted from signalling ‘how well did you do’ to asking ‘how have you become?’
• Could alternatives — such as narrative feedback, ungrading, or holistic assessment — give us a more honest, human‐centred way to recognise student achievement?

Join us as we unpack how grades may give an illusion of precision — but at the cost of nuance, depth, and meaning — and imagine how our assessment practices might evolve.

🔗 Read the original post here: https://echoesoflearningandteaching.com/2025/09/17/the-false-precision-of-grades-what-are-we-really-measuring/

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