Evidence indicates that parents seldom challenge the rigor of learning expectations set for that highest level of performance ...
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 ...
Teachers and school leaders can work together to ensure that report cards function as trustworthy indicators of what students know and can do.
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, ...
AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Johnston County restored A-F letter grades for grades 3–5 after parent complaints. K–2 stayed standards-based but switched to Level 1 ...
Standards based grading, or SBG, is a grading system that measures students’ progress towards mastery of specific learning goals. These goals or standards are developed at the state level. Our ...
Ignacio Middle School is nearing the end of its first semester of standards-based grading, a different way of reporting how students are learning. At IMS, it also governs weekly student eligibility ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Nampa school board’s decision last week to eliminate standards-based grading in secondary schools, against the administration’s recommendation, has spurred some confusion as teachers begin to ...
One of North Carolina’s largest school system has gone old school in how it grades its elementary school students. Johnston County was among the many North Carolina school districts that switched to ...
Johnston County restored A-F letter grades for grades 3–5 after parent complaints. K–2 stayed standards-based but switched to Level 1–4; grades 3–5 cores use A–F. Surveys showed strong school and ...