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Benefits of Using Skills-Based Instruction in Advanced Placement Courses

With a years-long shift to skills-based instruction and grading, this district found an unexpected outcome—an increase in AP ...
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Establishing Consistent Standards-Based Grading Throughout Your School

Teachers and school leaders can work together to ensure that report cards function as trustworthy indicators of what students ...
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School district’s new grading system gives students a low grade of 40% instead of a zero

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV/Gray News) - A school district in Missouri adopted a new grading system that prevents students from receiving a zero even if they didn’t do the assignment. The Kansas City ...
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There’s a more equitable way to grade; districts should invest in it

January 8, 2026 - It's time for John Fensterwald's annual predictions for what's in store for education in 2026. Grading in most classrooms remains tied to rubrics devised by individual teachers and ...
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History of the letter grading system

(STACKER) – Formal education systems have been in place for thousands of years—from the earliest examples of China’s Xia dynasty schooling that began in 2070 B.C., to the robust, philosophically based ...