The Nampa school board voted to get rid of standards-based grading for secondary schools in the district. Sarah A. Miller smiller@idahostatesman.com The Nampa school board’s decision last week to ...

Apr. 13—Alette HahnHansen repeats a short phrase to keep herself motivated: "Oscar, doctor, president." The 17-year-old, a junior at Santa Fe High School, hopes to win an Oscar, earn a doctorate and ...

January 8, 2026 - It's time for John Fensterwald's annual predictions for what's in store for education in 2026. Grading in most classrooms remains tied to rubrics devised by individual teachers and ...

Researchers find merit in deeper grading methods, but don’t look closely at vexing ideas like no homework deadlines Given my complaining about the dearth of control group research in the spreading, ...

In an effort to address disproportionate outcomes for students, Eagle County Schools has embarked on a journey toward building equity across its schools. As part of this process, the district began ...

For about the past six years, Ignacio schools have been moving toward classes where students can learn at their own pace through each subject. The middle school is taking another step in that process ...

In the fall of 2020 the San Diego Unified School Board decided to transform the way it grades middle and high school students in an effort to be more equitable to all members of the student body. The ...

Eagle County Schools has put in a lot of work to explain just what "standards-based grading" is as they move over to it instead of your regular A, B, C, D, F grading ...

(The Center Square) – Some students in Wisconsin will soon see different grades on their report cards, and there are some worries that those grades may not be enough. Eau Claire Area Schools last week ...

The Warrensville Heights City School District is the latest local school district to transition from letter grades to a standards-based grading system intended to wring personality issues and ...

Standards based grading, or SBG, is a grading system that measures students’ progress towards mastery of specific learning goals. These goals or standards are developed at the state level. Our ...

For generations, school-aged children (and their parents) have measured academic progress the same way, with a single letter grade of A, B, C, D or F. It was a simple ...