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 ...

Grading in most classrooms remains tied to rubrics devised by individual teachers and rooted in century-old practices. Recently, amid a broader national trend, grading systems in schools have come ...

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

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Big changes are coming for sixth, seventh and eighth graders at Portland Public Schools this fall. Students will no longer receive letter grades when they return to school in ...

The Nampa school board voted to get rid of standards-based grading for secondary schools in the district. Sarah A. Miller [email protected] The Nampa school board’s decision last week to ...

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 ...

During his first year as a math and science teacher at Solon High School, one of Shawn Cornally's colleagues asked him two questions. “What do quizzes mean to your students? What do quizzes mean to ...