A new grading scale may be on the horizon for West Point Public Schools. The School Board received a report on an ongoing study into the potential change at its meeting on Tuesday. The committee that ...

When Laura Weller’s kids got their midterm grades last month, it wasn’t as simple as hanging an A+ report card on the refrigerator. Instead, she got a picture of how her three kids — in Grades 9, 8 ...

Officials in Township High School District 214 said this week that a new grade point average scale will soon make it easier for students to gauge college admission requirements. The district’s ...

At UCLA, for whom the bell curve tolls depends on the professor and not much else. The bell curve, a statistical measure of grading, assesses students’ academic performance relative to other students ...

Beginning fall 2012, Hampton students will be able to make an “A” by earning 90 percent or above in a class, instead of 93 or above. A modified 10-point grading scale was approved by the Hampton ...

Users across the social media landscape left comments bemoaning the state of the American public-education system. Some users went further, implying that the scale was implemented statewide. But a few ...

Every year, Education Week grades school systems in states and the U.S. on key indicators. Dig into those scores with this interactive map, table, and top-to-bottom rankings. Examine the grades and ...