Opinion

Forum: Grading students needs shift from testing to achievement

Grading effort and participation are more subjective and much harder, so having open, positive relations with students and parents is step one. When students understood their grade, saw that it was ...
Purdue University

Creating Student-Centered Grading Structures

Assignments and the associated grades represent one of the most powerful tools in our teaching repertoire. It takes great care and precision to design assessments, and how we measure and translate ...
The Hoya

GU Introduces New Grading System as Students Raise Fairness Concerns

Georgetown University announced additional reforms to its grading policy for the spring semester April 2 following weeks of student lobbying for more lenient academic standards amid the COVID-19 ...
WLOX

School district’s new grading system gives students a low grade of 40% instead of a zero

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV/Gray News) - A school district in Missouri adopted a new grading system that prevents students from receiving a zero even if they didn’t do the assignment. The Kansas City ...
Southeast Missourian

Jackson school officials say new grading system better for students, parents

While some parents of elementary school students in Jackson have expressed concern over the district's new grading system, administrators said the standards-based reporting system will provide more ...