The state’s new rating system, which will be used to calculate school grades next fall, puts a premium on growth.

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 ...

Across the state, schools have adopted grading practices known as “equitable grading,” which aim to reduce bias and give ...

The district’s score improved by more than 3 points, rising to 77.2 this year under the state’s school accountability system.

Officials expect less than a third of schools to receive As and Bs next year, down from more than half, when new standards take effect this spring.

GREENVILLE, N.C. (Stacker.com) – 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, ...