This article explores the dynamic practice of inviting community members to grade college students on their work in community-engaged partnerships. The authors articulate theories of writing assessment with theories of reciprocity to argue that community-based student evaluations can be a valid and ethical form of assessment, and discuss a case study in which local youth… Continue reading Reciprocity and Power Dynamics: Community Members Grading Students by Jessica Shumake & Rachael Wendler Shah

This article explores the dynamic practice of inviting community members to grade college students on their work in community-engaged partnerships. The authors articulate theories of writing assessment with theories of reciprocity to argue that community-based student evaluations can be a valid and ethical form of assessment, and discuss a case study in which local youth… Continue reading “Reciprocity and Power Dynamics: Community Members Gradings Students” by Jessica Shumake & Rachael Wendler Shah