Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Wednesday, the State Board of Education approved a new grading system for students that will gauge a student’s performance on ...

Several years ago, during a one-on-one conversation with an art teacher at the middle school where I was principal, I came to an unsettling realization. We were wrestling with the fact that our ...

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 ...

When grading policies vary significantly from one university to another, the principle of equal opportunity is undermined.

In an attempt at easing the high school-to-college transition, some U.S. universities have begun implementing unorthodox student assessment methods, reigniting a debate over whether the traditional ...

The Department of Education (DepEd) will gradually phase out the use of grade transmutation in public schools as part of a ...

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Among the many things students are expected to do, self-assessing their learning is part of the suite of metacognitive tools that are valued in today’s society. This skill enables the student to think ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — On Wednesday, the State Board of Education approved a new grading system for students that will gauge a student’s performance on assessment tests every year. The new guidelines will ...