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. The new guidelines will set scale scores ...

Karachi Board has introduced a new grading and GPA system for matric exams, replacing fail status with U grade and setting 40% as passing marks.

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 ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Two new studies lay bare how the assessment and accountability systems in use throughout the United States shortchange teachers ...