Con: Letter grades de-emphasize learning. Critics of the letter grading system say that "students have become so preoccupied with grades, they aren't actually learning," NPR summarizes.

Warrensville Heights schools started the new system with kindergarten-through-third-grade last year and this year expanded to 4th grade, with plans to add 5th grade next academic year.

WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS, Ohio – For decades, K-12 students have gotten report cards, loaded with letter grades, indicating their performance in each subject. But times are changing. A’s B’s and ...

Statewide, 210 schools did not receive letter grades. The grades come just a few days after the state released ACT testing results data.Knox County Schools' participation rate for the college ...

School districts upset with how TDOE rolled out new letter grade system by: Maranda Whittington. Posted: Dec 22, 2023 / 04:14 PM CST. Updated: Dec 23, 2023 / 05:03 PM CST.

TDOE rolled out its letter grade system in December 2023, using academic performance and growth as key determinants. The ...

The Georgia Department of Education may soon abandon the A-to-F letter grade system for schools. A new approach would break down performance into separate components.

Democratic lawmakers, including Sen. Sam Singh, D-East Lansing, have argued the A-F system, which assigns letter grades and rankings for public schools, is redundant and inferior when compared to ...

TDOE is poised to give public schools throughout the state letter grades on an A-F scale this fall. ... In 2016, a law was passed requiring TDOE to develop a school letter grading system.

Republican former Gov. Rick Snyder and GOP lawmakers put the A-F system into place at the end of 2018, contending the letter grade approach, modeled after the grades traditionally given to ...

School letter grades, under the state's controversial letter-grading system, are largely decided by test scores, and high-achieving schools get extra funding under the state’s results-based ...