Several colleges around the country are adapting a new grading system to their curriculum for incoming freshman: there is none! That’s right, the universities decided to make the transition into upper ...

Why not throw in the grading system while we're at it?" But critics liken replacing traditional A to F grades with new forms of assessments to a college-level version of participation trophies.

Indiana education officials have proposed a new school accountability framework that will measure student outcomes in a more ...

It also might make it easier for colleges to get serious about kicking bad habits if they introduce a novel grading scheme. If students are used to receiving an A for mediocre effort, a system ...

Cody Whitehouse was teaching social studies at Wilson College Prep high school in Phoenix when the school system rolled out a standards-based grading system last year. At first, Whitehouse liked ...

Some academics and consultants argue that while the new system has good intentions, it may inadvertently erode the rigor of a college degree and cheapen its value. Discussions of a new grading system ...

Colleges and universities have grown accustomed to and account ... so for students coming from a district that uses a 0-4 grading system, it’s one less calculation that the admissions counselors need ...

For example, he said, the district deployed the new grading system without first consulting with colleges. “Of course, you can imagine, parents were not happy,” he said. “They thought ...