High Marks or No Marks? Wellesley's Shadow Grading Experiment.

In the fall of 2014, Wellesley College launched a shadow grading pilot in which first-year, first-semester grades are not included on students’ official transcripts or in the calculation of their college GPAs. Professor Cuba, whose research on college students informed the decision to adopt this policy, will discuss the rationale for instituting shadow grading, the process for implementing shadow grading, and Wellesley’s assessment of how this new policy has affected students’ transition to college, course enrollments and grades.