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"Labor Based Grading: From Student to Teacher"

Presented at Collin College's 2025 "Trends in College Composition" Conference

This presentation discusses the topic of labor-based grading from the perspective of both the student and teacher. Labor-based grading boosts students’ performance in class and way they view themselves; and, it creates a more equitable relationship between the professor and the student. Drawing from renowned Composition and Rhetoric scholars, as well as my own experience, I present a case for why labor-based grading is not only more inclusive but fosters an environment that encourages creativity, growth, and learning from which both students and teachers can benefit.


Below is a transcript of the talk, a sample paper used for the activity mentioned, and a PDF version of visual materials.

Transcript of Talk

Please note this transcript includes symbols and "notes to self" for presentation purposes.

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Works Cited and Referenced

  • Carillo, Ellen C. The Hidden Inequities in Labor-Based Contract Grading, U P of Colorado, 2021.

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  • Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC’s) Committee on Language Policy. “Students’ Right to Their Own Language.” Students’ Right to Their Own Language: A Critical Sourcebook, edited by Staci Perryman-Clark, David E. Kirkland, and Austin Jackson. Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2015. pp 19-57.


  • Hough, Lory. “The Problem With Grading.” Harvard Ed., 19 May 2023. https://www.gse.harvard.edu/ideas/ed-magazine/23/05/problem-grading


  • Inoue, Asao B. Cripping Labor-Based Grading for More Equity in Literacy Courses. WAC Clearinghouse, 2023.


  • Inoue, Asao B. Labor-Based Grading Contracts: Building Equity and Inclusion in the Writing Classroom, 2nded. WAC Clearinghouse, 2022.


  • Johnson, Gavin. “Assessment’s Affective Attachments.” Narratives of Joy and Failure in Antiracist Assessment: Exploring Collaborative Writing Assessments, edited by Kristin DeMint Bailey and Asao Inoue, WAC Clearinghouse, pp. 159-175.


  • Johnson, Gavin. “Grades as a Technology of Surveillance: Normalization, Control, and Big Data in the Teaching of Writing.” Privacy Matters: Conversations about Surveillances Within and Beyond the Classroom, edited by Estee Beck and Les Hutchins Campos, U P of Colorado, 2020, pp. 73-72.


  • Kryger, Kathleen, & Zimmerman, Griffin X. “Neurodivergence and Intersectionality in Labor-Based Grading Contracts.” Journal of Writing Assessment, vol 13 no 2, 2020. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0934x4rm


  • Ratcliffe, Krista. “Rhetorical Listening: A Trope for Interpretive Invention and a ‘Code of Cross-Cultural Conduct’”. College Composition and Communication, vol 51, no 2, Dec 1999, pp. 195-224.


  • Royster, Jacqueline Jones, and Gesa E Kirsch. Feminist Rhetorical Practices: New Horizons for Rhetoric, Composition, and Literacy. Southern U P, 2012.

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