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 ...

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 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — One Missouri State University professor is revolutionizing the way students are graded. Dr. Chloe Bolyard, an Associate Professor of Elementary Education, has introduced a new ...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Portland Public Schools is considering moving to an “equitable grading system,” in which teachers assess students’ work while considering their diverse background needs to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Several years ago, during a one-on-one conversation with an art teacher at the middle school where I was principal, I came to an unsettling realization. We were wrestling with the fact that our ...