KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV/Gray News) - A school district in Missouri adopted a new grading system that prevents students from receiving a zero even if they didn’t do the assignment. The Kansas City ...
Assignments and the associated grades represent one of the most powerful tools in our teaching repertoire. It takes great care and precision to design assessments, and how we measure and translate ...
Grades have been shown to cultivate a fear of failure among students, at all ages, and inhibit them from taking intellectual ...
Georgetown University announced additional reforms to its grading policy for the spring semester April 2 following weeks of student lobbying for more lenient academic standards amid the COVID-19 ...
An empty classroom at Henry M. Gunn High School in Palo Alto on April 3, 2020. Phoro by Magali Gauthier. “Evidence-based” grading, a grading system that focuses on a student’s growth rather than test ...
After Texas school districts sued over state report cards, lawmakers are studying other ways to assess campus and district ...
Attempts to address inequitable grading, while well-intentioned, can go awry if districts don't bring all stakeholders to the ...
Grades are a standard part of the American educational system that most students and teachers take for granted.