Why some of top schools in the Bay Area are rebranding a controversial grading system

Top school districts in the East Bay are adopting some of the core principles of this grading approach while scrubbing any ...
KY3

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 ...
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 ...
Edutopia

Benefits of Using Skills-Based Instruction in Advanced Placement Courses

With a years-long shift to skills-based instruction and grading, this district found an unexpected outcome—an increase in AP ...
Palo Alto Weekly

Gunn leaders, students pilot alternative grading method

An empty classroom at Henry M. Gunn High School in Palo Alto on April 3, 2020. Phoro by Magali Gauthier. “Evidence-based” grading, a grading system that focuses on a student’s growth rather than test ...
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 ...