The Network for Educational Development (NED) provides educational development opportunities that are designed by Minnesota State faculty and staff for Minnesota State faculty and staff. These opportunities help build awareness, develop knowledge, skills, and abilities, and provide space for reflecting and revising.
The Value of Grades and Alternative Grading Methods (Summer 2026)

What is the value of a grade? What do grades mean? Do faculty and students agree on this? Let’s talk about this and then talk about different grading methods that faculty across the system have tried, such as contract grading and ungrading. Let’s share with each other what we’ve done and how we’ve done it, including key resources that have guided us along the way.
Accommodations
The NED is committed to providing universal access to all of our events, we’d like to discover how we can make the event more inclusive so you can fully participate!
Machine generated captions are available in real-time for all Zoom events, however human generated CART (live caption) service and ASL interpretation can be requested with advanced notice (2 weeks) to make the event more accessible.
Please, let us know of any disability-related accommodations that will facilitate your full participation.
Questions?
Contact facilitator Kelli Hallsten Erickson.
Registration Required
Use the RSVP tool below to register. After registering, a calendar invite will be sent to you as a reminder of the event start date.
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