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Establishing Consistent Standards-Based Grading Throughout Your School

Teachers and school leaders can work together to ensure that report cards function as trustworthy indicators of what students ...

Opinion: A, B, C or D – Grades Might Not Say all That Much About What Students Are Actually Learning

Grades are a standard part of the American educational system that most students and teachers take for granted. But what if ...
Bonner County Daily Bee

18 months into standards reference grading at BCMS

Under the new system, students are graded on a 1–4 scale, with a score of 4 indicating performance above grade level for that ...
Washington Examiner

Shift to standards based grading has Wisconsin ed reformers worried

(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 ...
WGBH

Standardized tests aren't biased, says new data—but scores reflect society's biases

Standardized testing has been under fire in recent years, including in Massachusetts schools, where high school students must take the MCAS to graduate. In the last decade, public opinion on ...

This NC school district returned to traditional grading. Why it switched back.

Students in grades three through five are once again getting A through F grades after many parents said nontraditional ...
WUSA

MCPS student writes petition to change grading system for fall virtual semester

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. — As Montgomery County Public Schools plans for its entirely virtual fall semester, some students are calling for the district to change its grading system, too. Rising senior ...