Reciprocity and Power Dynamics: Community Members Grading Students

Abstract

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 graded college students to offer eight best practices for implementing community-based assessment. As reciprocity is often underemphasized in practice, community evaluations provide a strategy for shifting power toward community members, potentially reinvigorating applications of reciprocity to make them more substantial and meaningful.

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Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric
Published
2017-09-01
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10.59236/rjv17i2pp5-42
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