Goodbye letter grades! A growing number of schools are dumping the old system -- and it’s paying off
WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS, Ohio – For decades, K-12 students have gotten report cards, loaded with letter grades, indicating their performance in each subject. But times are changing. A’s B’s and C’s (and ...
The San Francisco Unified School District will not be moving forward with a controversial equity grading strategy that was proposed this week after significant backlash. The strategy, known as ...
Not to toot my own horn, but 100 years ago, I was pretty much a straight-A student in school (yep, total nerd). But whether your report cards and transcripts contained mainly A’s, B’s, C’s or even the ...
Several years ago, during a one-on-one conversation with an art teacher at the middle school where I was principal, I came to an unsettling realization. We were wrestling with the fact that our ...
SCHENECTADY — After studying the issue for the past 12 years, Schenectady schools recently instituted a new policy rooted in equity and establishing uniformity for how teachers across the district ...
SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Santa Fe Public School District is shifting to a new grading system that values the process of learning, rather than just earning a letter grade. Officials say the pandemic ...
NEWTOWN >> The Marple Newtown School Board voted to change the secondary grading system to a 10-point scale effective for the 2017-2018 school year. The district currently uses an eight-point scale, ...
At Sunrise Park Middle School in White Bear Lake, sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders are busy learning inside their classrooms. Learning is what Principal Christina Pierre wants, and she says that’s ...
Nearly 250 people attended public forums last week to learn about changes to the Ankeny school district’s grading practices. Superintendent Bruce Kimpston said he hopes the information provided will ...
This staff editorial solely represents the majority view of The Crimson Editorial Board. Although the fifth Monday of the semester — the last day for students to switch a course to pass-fail — has ...
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