While formal education has been around since what feels like the dawn of time, the grading system used to determine mastery of subject matter is a relatively new concept.

As Year 10 students in England prepare to receive their GCSE results, many parents find themselves grappling with the 9-1 grading system.

While specifications grading systems begin with very high structure and instructors must provide opportunities for autonomy to create a balance. Student-reflection based systems experience this ...

Schools can retool to make instruction more personalized and student-centered. But grading is a common sticking point.

When a public school system in the San Francisco Bay Area explored replacing traditional grading practices with a form of “standards-based grading system” meant to eliminate bias, it sparked ...

Consensus in education, especially on grading reform, is elusive. But inside this heated debate, we’re really arguing for the same thing. The goal of grading reform is to better reflect students ...

Krinsky said that people criticizing the public education system, grading scales included, don't often acknowledge that it fails because budget cuts and political pressure do not give it the ...

There’s a wide variation in grading scales that highlights how inconsistent grading systems are from teacher to teacher. Experts say it points to deeper issues — of equity and privilege ...

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.

In Kenya, the grading starts from zero to 100, denoted by letter grades ranging from A to E. Students are rated on a 12-point numeric scale from the highest to the lowest.

Standards based grading allows for a broad range of implementation. If your district decides to do it, there are several factors that they can get right or get terribly, terribly wrong.