The new grading scale assesses students based on specific learning goals and largely removes homework from the grading equation.

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 ...

St. Joseph Parish School, 32946 Electric Blvd. in Avon Lake, which is part of the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland, is making strides in educational innovation by embracing standards-based grading. St.

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 ...

The Northern Cass school district in North Dakota last spring graduated its first class of seniors who went through most of high school without receiving letter grades. Instead, their report cards ...

The Nampa school board’s decision last week to eliminate standards-based grading in secondary schools, against the administration’s recommendation, has spurred some confusion as teachers begin to ...

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 ...

The Kaneland Unit District 302 school board voted unanimously Monday to sunset the district's standards-based grading system at the end of the 2023-2024 school year for students in grades 6-12. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The movement toward standards-based learning has been in motion for over 30 years, yet there is ...

In my last column I explained how our standards-based grading impacts — or rather, doesn’t — the college admissions process. In an effort to continue the conversation, this week’s School Views is ...