Evidence indicates that parents seldom challenge the rigor of learning expectations set for that highest level of performance ...

Teachers and school leaders can work together to ensure that report cards function as trustworthy indicators of what students know and can do.

With a years-long shift to skills-based instruction and grading, this district found an unexpected outcome—an increase in AP ...

This post originally appeared on the Otus blog and is republished here with permission. Grading reform is messy, but it’s worth it. That was the central message from Jessica Espinoza and Alice ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - Across the country, school districts are moving away from the traditional A through F grade scale. In Springfield, many schools are now using standards-based grading, a ...

GUNTERSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - Guntersville City Schools principals say they have made big changes to improve test scores and student behavior in the classrooms. The principals of Cherokee Elementary and ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Big changes are coming to Oregon’s largest school district. Starting this upcoming school year, Portland Public Schools will alter how middle schoolers are graded. “The grade book is ...

Top school districts in the East Bay are adopting some of the core principles of this grading approach while scrubbing any ...