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 ...
Yahoo

Bumpy road to standards-based grading for Santa Fe Public Schools

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 ...
Wired

My Standard Based Grading Notes

Standards Based Grading (SBG), what is it? Let me just say that SBG is a different way of thinking about grades. In Standards Based Grading, the main idea is that the grade is a measure of what ...

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

Grades are a standard part of the American educational system that most students and teachers take for granted. But what if ...
Cleveland.com

Is standards-based grading, rather than letter grades, the way to go? Some local schools ...

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 ...
EdSource

There’s a more equitable way to grade; districts should invest in it

Grading in most classrooms remains tied to rubrics devised by individual teachers and rooted in century-old practices. Recently, amid a broader national trend, grading systems in schools have come ...
The Gazette

Corridor school districts shift to standards-based grading

Being an 'A” student is starting to take on a whole new meaning for area school districts. A presentation from Associate Superintendent Trace Pickering during a June 9 school board meeting unveiled ...
Wired

What Is Standards Based Grading?

Here is the most recent episode of Uncertain Dots, a weekly Google Hangout with Chad Orzel. Actually, this week I named the episode Uncertain Dots Fly! The "Fly" was added for our guest Andy SuperFly ...
LAist

Why One Teacher Gave All 'A's' During Last Spring's Lockdowns -- And Why Another School ...

Truth matters. Community matters. Your support makes both possible. LAist is one of the few places where news remains independent and free from political and corporate influence. Stand up for truth ...
WUWM

Some Wisconsin Schools Use Standards-Based Grading...What Is That?

Science teacher David Venne invites students to help him with a class demonstration at Racine Case High School. Several Wisconsin school districts are trying a new method of evaluating what students ...
Education Week

Finding Common Ground

Today’s guest post is written by frequent Finding Common Ground blogger Lisa Westman. Lisa is an instructional coach specializing in differentiation for Skokie School District 73.5 in suburban Chicago ...