PORTLAND, Oregon — Portland Public Schools is considering adopting new ‘equitable grading practices’, which would change how teachers grade students. A handout from the school district said historical ...

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 ...

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 ...

Modesto City Schools is expanding its equitable grading practices, which means prioritizing learning over tasks, and deadlines and mastering subjects over earning ...

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 ...

Lewiston-Altura School District (L-A) staff members have been working over the last several years to implement a new type of grading focused on measuring students’ progress based on whether they’ve ...

The Northern Cass school district in North Dakota last spring graduated its first class of seniors who went through most of high school without receiving letter grades. Instead, their report cards ...

The new policy is partly motivated by the need to establish a clear threshold for graduation, to replace the statewide MCAS standard. Members of the teachers union expressed concern about the speed of ...

Report cards for New Kensington-Arnold kindergarten students will look a bit different this year. Previously, students would get a letter grade for a subject area. Now, the report card will list ...

Graded report sticking out of backpack. JulNichols/Getty Images. In an attempt at easing the high school-to-college transition, some U.S. universities have begun implementing unorthodox student ...

Grading of Form Four national examinations is set for major changes that could provide millions of students under 8-4-4 with a better chance of improving their final scores. The new proposals to ...