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

I prided myself on being the fairest grader in my school. Looking back, I cringe at the grading practices I once used. It’s not that I took grading lightly. Quite the opposite: I was deeply invested.

(TNS) — When history teacher Jeff Kleiner assigns a quiz, test or lesson, he plots a roadmap to success on the board. Colors and numbers connect detailed criteria to each available score, showing ...

Students and parents have begun suing school districts over grading policies and practices they say are unfair. As a scholar of education who studies grading practices, I’ve seen how important grades ...

BEREA, Ohio -- Grading guidelines in the Berea City School District will change beginning with the 2024-25 school year to provide a more equitable way of evaluating student achievement. Director of ...

Throughout my years as a teacher, principal, and district administrator, grading was like the old joke about the weather: Everyone complained, no one did anything. Students, families, and faculty knew ...

Course grades: a familiar source of anxiety for some, a source of pride for others, and a near-universal signal of student success in U.S. schools. Few features of our education system are more ...

Joe: Rick, you’ve written recently about the harms of grade inflation and how a primary cause is educators who, influenced by “equitable grading,” compromise rigor and award students higher grades ...

Fifth grade teacher Melinda Goodwin, left, helps students Camila Caracheo, Elianna Betancourt and Ignacio Valencia with multiplying decimals during class at Don Pedro Elementary School in Ceres, Calif ...

New student grading recommendations in Bend-La Pine Schools have sparked a heated debate among educators, some of whom are concerned that at least one of the proposed practices could result in more ...

If you’re a high school student in San Diego County, it may appear your chances of getting a good grade are better or worse depending on which teacher you have. Some teachers will give you an A if you ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michael J. Petrilli covers all things K12 education policy and reform. My son came home from football practice the other night and ...