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The best Assessment newsletters

4 newsletters, ranked by editorial quality and how recently they published. Looking for something more specific? Search instead.

jessestommel.com· irregular· Inactive for over a year

Jesse Stommel's newsletter shares excerpts from his writing on ungrading, critical digital pedagogy and assessment equity, drawing on his book Undoing the Grade. Readers get reflections from an experienced educator on why grades harm students and teachers, plus references to scholars such as Freire, hooks and research on grading bias.

ungradingcritical pedagogygrading equityundoing the gradealternative assessmentbell hooks
hybridpedagogy.org· irregular· Inactive for over a year

Hybrid Pedagogy is a critical digital pedagogy journal that now focuses on book-length publications, including ungrading and critical instructional design. Issues offer essays and book introductions that question grading systems, rubric-based online course quality, and the structures that shape teaching.

ungradinggrading critiquecritical instructional designonline course qualityhybrid pedagogyequitable assessment
madameshepard.com· irregular· Inactive for over a year

A blog for world language teachers on designing proficiency-based instruction and assessment aligned with ACTFL standards. Issues offer practical classroom strategies, rubric guidance and lesson planning shortcuts, with links to the author's teaching materials.

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blog.flexge.com· weekly· PT· Published 6 days ago

This blog from Flexge, a platform for English language schools, covers how language centres can standardise assessments, teaching methods and lesson planning as they grow. Its posts mix practical advice on consistency and scale with promotion of Flexge's own tools, such as its Skills Test and Lesson Plan Library.

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