Negotiate learning contracts at the start of term and allow test retakes until mastery¶

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Description¶

This strategy combines the memo's two implementable moves: at the beginning of the term the teacher presents grading options and each student proposes specific work and criteria within those limits, and students are allowed to repeat a given test or short assessment until they meet the criterion. Together these make standards explicit, give students agency, and treat assessment as feedback on progress toward explicit standards rather than one-shot ranking.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Teacher-presented options at the start of term and assessments that can be repeated

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• university students

Target Learning Goals¶

• meeting explicitly negotiated performance criteria

Related Strategies¶

• Grading By Contract Fricke
• Mastery Criterion Remediation
• Contract Grading
• Mastery Based Retesting
• Require Retakes
• Retakes And Revisions

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Fricke, B. G. (1976). Grading by Contract. Memo to the Faculty, n57. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED127854