Adopters of alternative grading see it as offering something that traditional grading does not: a shift in student motivation away from chasing percentage points on quizzes and tests, and toward ...

According to a recent study, grading is one of the least stressful activities early career teachers have to complete. Grading is time consuming, however, and more grading-related questions are popping ...

The move towards personalized, competency-based learning in Arizona’s Santa Cruz Valley Unified School District (SCVUSD) began with a very basic question — “Are we doing what is best for our kids?” ...

A nything Harvard College does draws attention. So it was no surprise that a recent report arguing that undergraduate grading practices are “out of whack,” as one professor put it, got a lot of buzz.

Discover grading approaches that provide meaningful feedback to students while saving you valuable time. To register, please log into this system under the “Student Login” option with your NetID and ...

Ensuring grades are fair and meaningful is not as easy as A, B, C (or D or F). As they address the lingering affects of the COVID-19 pandemic, districts are struggling to square fairness and ...

In his Sept. 14 piece, “The Danger With Giving Students Feedback,” Alfie Kohn cites a 2020 Duke study which found that the traditional practice of grading can damage student motivation and performance ...

Grading systems play an essential role in a student's pursuit of academic success by providing an evaluation of their performance. However, while these systems assist students and teachers in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The State Board of Education approved the Florida Department of Education’s updated school grading scale during the July board ...

NASHUA — Competency-based grading at the city’s high schools officially begins in September 2015, but the heavy lifting involved in developing the new report cards and assessment strategies has been ...

Tennessee has released letter grades for every public K-12 school in the state and Oak Ridge Schools received an A at six of the seven schools graded, making those schools among the highest rated ones ...

Setting up a grading system requires more than a calculator. A philosophical foundation is important to how a teacher grades. Having a philosophical basis for grading helps instructors explain grades, ...