Nearly 70% of Louisiana high schools currently earn As or Bs under the outgoing accountability system. That will change ...

When a public school system in the San Francisco Bay Area explored replacing traditional grading practices with a form of “standards-based grading system” meant to eliminate bias, it sparked ...

This grading system blatantly oversimplifies complex skills and understanding, ... mastery-based, and specification grading can enhance assessments and create a more student-centered environment.

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 ...

Our Grading System Was Setting Students Up to Fail—Until This Change. ... with their final grade reflecting their mastery of a skill or standard rather than the average of various assignments.

Portland's new grading system would not penalize late work or grade homework. ... it's assessing mastery and accuracy,” PPS’ Chief Academic Officer Kimberlee Armstrong said.

The state's Superintendent of Education said the latest LEAP results demonstrate "sustained growth" for Louisiana kids.

Following the release of Louisiana’s latest LEAP test scores last week, recently shared data shows which school systems ...