Con: Letter grades perpetuate an unfair system Champions of un-grading say it addresses "the unfairness of a system in which some students are better ready for college than others," NPR summarizes.

At first glance, the standards-based system may simply seem like just another type of grading scale. For example, parents might see a report card with 1′s 2′s or 3′s or symbols like +, -, or =.

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.

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

Arizona public schools will get new letter-grade ratings for the first time in three years this fall, and the state will calculate them in ways both different and similar.

The traditional grading system, using percentages or letter grades from A to F, has been the standard for educational assessment for decades. Its clarity makes it easy to understand; ...

I am writing this viewpoint to express my disagreement with Sara Crowell's assessment of the teaching system here at Tufts in her viewpoint entitled, "A School without Grades" (Oct. 22nd). From my ...

The big story: Florida schools continued to show improvement in the state’s annual letter grading system, which have over the ...

How does the traditional school of thought stack up against 'un-grading,' an unorthodox assessment method gaining traction among the nation's educators?