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 ...

Two years ago, Charlie Herzog asked: Should we continue to assign students grades in the traditional manner (percentages & letters), or should we move towards a system based on levels of mastery? I ...

Grading is used to provide feedback and evaluate student work. Instructors communicate to students about their performance, where they need more help to achieve the course's goals and highlight ...

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 ...

A change to a different grading system would reward students who challenge themselves with more difficult classes, said Grandville Public Schools Superintendent Ron Caniff. The Grandville Public ...

Training is often one of the biggest expenses for businesses, and that’s especially true in times of rapid and radical technical change like we are experiencing now. Ad budgets, naturally, can vary ...

Some internet eyebrows shot up this week over headlines like “San Diego school districts overhauls grading system to combat racism.” It turns out that what San Diego is doing is following in the ...

During the 2010 election campaign, Republican Scott Walker promised that if elected governor, he would create an "A-to-F” grading scale for measuring the quality of public schools. "Schools should be ...

Life as we have known it, as our peers have known it, as our parents and grandparents have known it, has changed. When we first arrived on campus this spring, five of our friends were asked to go into ...

Uncertainty and fear of a virulent pathogen are powerful deterrents to social and economic engagement, in addition to the record levels of post-Great Recession unemployment. Nearly 70% of respondents ...