Cleveland.com

Is standards-based grading, rather than letter grades, the way to go? Some local schools think so: Editorial Board Roundtable

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 ...
Education Week

The “Why” and “How” of Standards-Based Grading

Join this webinar to learn from four school leaders who have guided their communities through a shift in grading practices and are successfully implementing standards-based grading. During this panel ...
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 ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram

No more letter grades? Here’s what Fort Worth ISD parents will see on report cards

Students chat during book club at Leadership Academy at John T. White Elementary School in Fort Worth in this 2022 file photo. The district plans to drop letter grades at elementary schools in favors ...
EdSource

There’s a more equitable way to grade; districts should invest in it

Grading in most classrooms remains tied to rubrics devised by individual teachers and rooted in century-old practices. Recently, amid a broader national trend, grading systems in schools have come ...
WFAA8

This North Texas school district is switching away from letter grades to 'standards-based' report cards

FORT WORTH, Texas — In the coming years, parents of students in the Fort Worth Independent School District will see a change in their children's report cards. Instead of using the traditional ...
Forbes

San Diego Schools Are Changing Their Grading System. Is It A Good Idea?

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 ...
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No more letter grades? Manteca Unified shifts to standards-based report cards

Starting this fall, parents of elementary school students in the Manteca Unified School District will no longer see letter grades on their students' report cards. Instead, teachers are going to send ...
EdSurge

Standards-Based Grading: Hope vs. Reality

Standards-based grading (SBG)—or competency-based grading—measures student progress relative to specific learning standards. This system of evaluation isolates the learning of content and mastery of ...
The Business Journals

Grading software made by teachers for teachers finds success bootstrapping

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. A startup's software for standards-based grading – first ...
AOL

Bumpy road to standards-based grading for Santa Fe Public Schools

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 ...