Students in grades three through five are once again getting A through F grades after many parents said nontraditional ...

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 ...

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 ...

Being an 'A” student is starting to take on a whole new meaning for area school districts. A presentation from Associate Superintendent Trace Pickering during a June 9 school board meeting unveiled ...

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 ...

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 ...

In Springfield, many schools are now using standards-based grading, a system focused on mastery of skills instead of points on homework and tests.

In an effort to address disproportionate outcomes for students, Eagle County Schools has embarked on a journey toward building equity across its schools. As part of this process, the district began ...

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 ...

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 ...