One ongoing challenge in education is finding the most effective way to evaluate student performance, whether through traditional percentage and letter grades or emerging nontraditional methods. This ...

In the intricate world of academia, establishing a fair, accurate, and secure grading system can pose major challenges. Academic institutions, especially law schools, juggle various responsibilities ...

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 ...

The traditional grading system ASU students are accustomed to is changing to a plus-minus system that will affect every student in 2003. The Academic Senate approved a plus-minus grading system 10 ...

As a local educator, I see the same pattern every year: students with impressive GPAs walk into my classroom confident, capable and ready to work, at least on paper. But when it comes time to read ...

Consensus in education, especially on grading reform, is elusive. But inside this heated debate, we’re really arguing for the same thing. The goal of grading reform is to better reflect students’ true ...

A public school system in Dublin, California ran a pilot project in standards-based grading, until the school board suspended it after pushback from parents. When a public school system in the San ...

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 than test ...