https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=14614
“Students with college-educated parents or caregivers often come into graded classrooms with a leg up over first-generation college students, as do students who grew up speaking “standardized”—meaning, white—English.”
As a solution, Rosenblatt calls for professors and universities to “ungrade.” According to Rosenblatt, ungrading can be having students self-evaluate and use peer evaluations as alternatives to traditional letter grading.
Rosenblatt concluded by hoping the coronavirus emergency would cause other professors to rethink grading practices for the future, much like the coronavirus has caused Americans to reflect on the nation’s healthcare system and the economy.
