An empty classroom at Henry M. Gunn High School in Palo Alto on April 3, 2020. Phoro by Magali Gauthier. “Evidence-based” grading, a grading system that focuses on a student’s growth rather ...

Fairview High School senior Andrew Prazen measures cattails near Viele Lake in Boulder on Sept. 12. Paul Strode’s science class uses a type of grading system invented by his wife, Sarah Zerwin ...

“Not lower the standards, not change the entire system for everyone.” Emerald High School freshmen Bhuvan Krishnamohan, left, and Hrihaan Bhutani, right, in a classroom at Dublin High on ...

Parent Sasha DeCania who has high school twins in CCSD said the current grading system has been tough on her children. “For my kids, it’s been a bit of a struggle,” said DeCania.

The traditional grading system in America is under scrutiny for its detrimental effects on students, and its long-term consequences on the education system. In his new book, Failing Our Future ...

Our Grading System Was Setting Students Up to Fail—Until This Change. Subscribe ... I had spoken with many alumni who told me just how different the expectations were in high school.

Rumors that a high school in Oak Park, Illinois, will implement a "race-based grading system" generated a storm of national and local criticism thanks to social media users, but they aren't true.

Falcon High School will match the rest of District 49 schools by switching over to the traditional grading scale. For more then ten years, Falcon High School used Standards-based grading. FALCON ...

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.

A new type of grading that challenges the traditional 100-point scale is spreading across Washington state high schools, but teachers are divided on whether it’s a good idea.