A slow and deliberate rollout of Standards Referenced Grading in Columbia Public Schools continues, hitting some obstacles and criticism along the way. It gained a lot of attention during the school ...

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 ...

Grading system will move to middle schools in 2020-21 and high schools the year after. As thoroughly as the Wichita Public Schools got out the word about its new grading system for elementary students ...

For generations, school-aged children (and their parents) have measured academic progress the same way, with a single letter grade of A, B, C, D or F. It was a simple ...

Creating consistency between classrooms and ensuring curriculum alignment school-wide can be challenging, even in the smallest of districts. Every educator teaches–and grades–differently based on ...

Met with mixed reaction so far, the Wichita school district addresses questions concerning its new grading system for students in kindergarten through fifth grade. The Standards-Referenced Grading ...

starting this fall for kindergarten through fifth-grade students, uses a zero-to-four scale intended to pinpoint where students need help and where they are succeeding. The system, called "standards ...

Questions about the direction of Columbia Public Schools have been mounting over the last few years. A primary point of concern for many has been the inexplicable continued push to implement standards ...

New grading practices adopted by Des Moines middle schools this year will require students to meet specific academic standards and will exclude factors like homework completion and class participation ...

Districts around the country have weighed new approaches to grading, some motivated by concerns about achievement and student motivation following the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic. As ...

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 ...

When a student comes home with a C on their report card, it often isn't clear what that means. Are they average in geometry? Or did their math proficiency get dragged down by poor class attendance?