Ian O'Byrne is advocating a labour-based system of assessment to replace the existing points-based system. "This is not effort theater. Busywork dressed up as engagement. Labor here means visible, sustained engagement with ideas, people, and artifacts." He writes, " I'm moving to a Labor-Based Grading Contract, paired with a Digital Research Archive (learning log) that replaces quizzes, exams, and most traditional assessments." Sounds great, but in my experience you cannot create a genuine contract between two very unequal parties. Each person has to have the capacity to say no, but students don't have that right. Maybe in theory there's a way to set it up before they enrol in a particular school, program or class, but I don't see anyone in the education system advocating for that kind of openness (though maybe they should).
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