The new grading scale assesses students based on specific learning goals and largely removes homework from the grading equation.

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 ...

The Warrensville Heights City School District is the latest local school district to transition from letter grades to a standards-based grading system intended to wring personality issues and ...

Oh, how I long for the days when I felt actualized as an English and language arts teacher who based my grades on homework, classwork, tests, and projects. The numbers were simple, and a cumulative ...

Science teacher David Venne invites students to help him with a class demonstration at Racine Case High School. Several Wisconsin school districts are trying a new method of evaluating what students ...

YPSILANTI, MI - Ypsilanti Community Schools is moving toward a standards-based grading model at its high school that focuses on students’ progress toward mastering specific concepts without ...

St. Joseph Parish School, 32946 Electric Blvd. in Avon Lake, which is part of the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland, is making strides in educational innovation by embracing standards-based grading. St.

Some Minnesota educators are on a mission to take the guesswork out of grades. A growing number of school districts in the state and across the nation are looking at overhauling how they size up ...

In Laurie Pennington’s science classes at Gunn High School, standards-based grading has tested students’ and parents’ firm attachment to traditional grades. This is the fourth year she’s used the form ...

DENVER, Colo. — Bangor Township Schools recent switch to a standards-based grading system has parents questioning the validity of their student’s grades. School officials defend the new grading system ...

Your kid comes home from school with an A in math and reading, a B in science and a D in history. Pretty easy to understand, right? Good marks in math, reading and science; got to buckle down and do ...