Education Week

What Is Standards-Based Grading, and How Does It Work?

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 ...
Cleveland.com

Is standards-based grading, rather than letter grades, the way to go? Some local schools think so: Editorial Board Roundtable

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 ...
Yahoo

Why is a Grading System Touted as More Accurate, Equitable So Hard to Implement?

But a misunderstanding of standards-based grading’s true principles, a lack of proper training for educators and a rush to quickly adopt a complex new system often leads to messy implementation, ...
The Morning Journal

Local Catholic schools use standards-based grading for effective grade communication system

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.
Education Week

The “Why” and “How” of Standards-Based Grading

Join this webinar to learn from four school leaders who have guided their communities through a shift in grading practices and are successfully implementing standards-based grading. During this panel ...
KOIN 6

Portland middle schools to adopt standards-based grading this fall

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Big changes are coming for sixth, seventh and eighth graders at Portland Public Schools this fall. Students will no longer receive letter grades when they return to school in ...
Cleveland.com

Goodbye letter grades! A growing number of schools are dumping the old system -- and it’s paying off

WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS, Ohio – For decades, K-12 students have gotten report cards, loaded with letter grades, indicating their performance in each subject. But times are changing. A’s B’s and C’s (and ...
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No more letter grades? Manteca Unified shifts to standards-based report cards

Starting this fall, parents of elementary school students in the Manteca Unified School District will no longer see letter grades on their students' report cards. Instead, teachers are going to send ...

A, B, C or D: Grades might not say all that much about what students are actually learning

Grades are a standard part of the American educational system that most students and teachers take for granted.
USA Today

Some schools are changing how they grade students. Here's why some parents are upset

When a public school system in the San Francisco Bay Area explored replacing traditional grading practices with a form of “standards-based grading system” meant to eliminate bias, it sparked ...