Under the new system, students are graded on a 1–4 scale, with a score of 4 indicating performance above grade level for that ...

Students in grades three through five are once again getting A through F grades after many parents said nontraditional ...

As K-12 grading practices evolve, it’s critical for school leaders and educators to routinely review grading policies and reflect on the effectiveness of practices to ensure adjustments are made that ...

Standards based grading, or SBG, is a grading system that measures students’ progress towards mastery of specific learning goals. These goals or standards are developed at the state level. Our ...

Last year, we began our work to shift toward a standards-based grading model that will ultimately be used at all Eagle County School District schools. This year, a number of our schools are piloting ...

Join this webinar to learn from four school leaders who have guided their communities through a shift in grading practices and are successfully implementing standards-based grading. During this panel ...

Apr. 13—Alette HahnHansen repeats a short phrase to keep herself motivated: "Oscar, doctor, president." The 17-year-old, a junior at Santa Fe High School, hopes to win an Oscar, earn a doctorate and ...

In Springfield, many schools are now using standards-based grading, a system focused on mastery of skills instead of points on homework and tests.

In an effort to address disproportionate outcomes for students, Eagle County Schools has embarked on a journey toward building equity across its schools. As part of this process, the district began ...

We all grew up hoping for As and Bs over Cs and Ds, but is the letter grading system outdated? An education scholar argues as ...

During his first year as a math and science teacher at Solon High School, one of Shawn Cornally's colleagues asked him two questions. “What do quizzes mean to your students? What do quizzes mean to ...