With a years-long shift to skills-based instruction and grading, this district found an unexpected outcome—an increase in AP ...

Evidence indicates that parents seldom challenge the rigor of learning expectations set for that highest level of performance ...

Boston University’s College of Communication rolled out a new grading policy for the 2025-26 academic year, making it the second school at Boston University to adopt a standardized scale alongside the ...

Grades are a well-established part of the K-12 education system that, in most school districts, play a decisive role in students’ academic standing. But what goes into the single letter or number that ...

G rades at American universities have been rising for decades, a trend that accelerated during the Covid-19 pandemic. But what happened after that? Using new data collected through the 2023-24 school ...

Most faculty will assign grades using Banner 9 in Banner Self-Service. Faculty enter final grades for undergraduate and graduate students for fall, spring, and summer terms. Faculty also enter midterm ...

My son Andrew is currently in the midst of the college application process. My daughter Megan is a junior in college. And in my job as a college professor, I constantly find myself in conversations ...

Officials at the Minneapolis-based University of Minnesota Medical School may change the school’s grading scale to a pass/fail system for first- and second-year students, according to the Minnesota ...

Grades are a standard part of the American educational system that most students and teachers take for granted. But what if students didn’t have just one shot at acing a midterm, or even could talk ...

The Arkansas Department of Education released public school letter grades on Friday, with roughly three-quarters of public K-12 schools receiving grades of C or higher. The letter grades are the first ...