Education Week

Grade Grubbing—Who’s Asking and How Teachers Feel About It

The impact of grade grubbing on teachers typically isn’t positive—many reported feeling uncomfortable with the requests and ...
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 ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston

Massachusetts schools still trying to make up for literacy gaps opened by the pandemic

SCHOOL. BUT IT’S NOT THE ONLY BARRIER. NO. ONE CRITICAL SKILL IS LACKING IN A LOT OF DISTRICTS, AND THAT CAN HOLD STUDENTS BACK, NOT JUST NOW, BUT FOR YEARS. FIVE INVESTIGATES BRITTANY JOHNSON HAS ...
WLWT

West Clermont 8th graders find, fix flaw in state testing essay grading

A group of West Clermont eighth graders are finishing out their school year with an impressive accomplishment.They discovered what they say are flaws in Ohio's grading system for state essays.In 2018, ...
Chicago Tribune

Illinois’ eighth graders outperform peers in all but one state in national math and reading test

While officials at the U.S. Department of Education expressed concern with results of the “Nation’s Report Card,” noting that it depicts a “heartbreaking reality,” Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois ...