During the most recent school year, KCPS launched a different grading system where the minimum grade on any given assignment is 40% — even if the student didn’t do a single bit of it. It has drawn a ...

The proposal also changes how grades are weighted. Instead of the current 30 percent for homework and 70 percent for tests, ...

After the fall 2025 final exam in Chemistry 430: Introduction to Biological Chemistry, students discovered that their instructor readjusted grade cutoffs, significantly lowering many students' marks ...

Dawn Samuels, in her letter concerning different grading systems from one school to another, makes one important point but seriously misses other issues that influence student performance and are far ...

It will soon be easier for parents and taxpayers to see how Indiana schools are supporting students. Administrators at local school districts say the state’s new school accountability system will be ...

Districts around the country have weighed new approaches to grading, some motivated by concerns about achievement and student motivation following the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic. As ...

Joshua R. Eyler is no stranger to alternative forms of grading, which he has been utilizing in his own writing classes for over a decade. But it wasn’t until he was composing his previous book, How ...