Should cheating mean an automatic zero?

When a student cheats, should the consequence always be a zero—or should a grade continue to measure what the student actually knows?

In this Essential Question, Jake Schulke and Morgan Torres-Unger-Castleberry explore academic integrity, cheating, and grading through the lens of Grading for Equity by Joe Feldman. They discuss whether cheating should be treated as a disciplinary issue, an assessment issue, or both, and examine how teachers can uphold academic honesty while ensuring grades remain an accurate measure of student learning.

Topics include:

• Academic integrity and cheating
• Whether cheating should result in an automatic zero
• Punishment vs. measuring learning
• Mastery-based grading
• Retakes and reassessments
• Formative and summative assessment
• Grading for Equity (Chapters 9–10)

This clip is part of Episode 18 of Education Upgrade, a discussion of Grading for Equity by Joe Feldman and how grading practices influence learning, motivation, and student success.

📚 Book Discussed: Grading for Equity by Joe Feldman (Chapters 9–10)

🎙️ Watch the full Episode 18 for the complete conversation on grading, assessment, educational equity, and mastery learning.

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