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 ...

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 ...

My son Andrew is currently in the midst of the college application process. My daughter Megan is a junior in college. And in my job as a college professor, I constantly find myself in conversations ...

In an attempt at easing the high school-to-college transition, some U.S. universities have begun implementing unorthodox student assessment methods, reigniting a debate over whether the traditional ...

Michigan is a step closer to removing A-F letter grading for schools after House lawmakers voted to drop the system designed to rate the academic performance of the state’s K-12 public institutions.

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 ...