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 ...

Top school districts in the East Bay are adopting some of the core principles of this grading approach while scrubbing any ...

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 ...

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 ...

Grades are a standard part of the American educational system that most students and teachers take for granted. But what if students didn't have just one shot at acing a midterm, or could even talk ...

The Arkansas Department of Education released public school letter grades on Friday, with roughly three-quarters of public K-12 schools receiving grades of C or higher. The letter grades are the first ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Letter grades have long been part of the fabric of the American educational system. iStock/Getty Images Plus For more than 80 ...