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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Indian Prairie School District 204 is piloting a weighted grading system this year, with the goal of standardizing grading and promoting equity across the district, according to district ...

URBANA — The Urbana school district has pressed pause on the implementation of an alternative grading system that some students, parents and staff score with an F. The system, known as Standards ...

Users across the social media landscape left comments bemoaning the state of the American public-education system. Some users went further, implying that the scale was implemented statewide. But a few ...