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 ...

Ignacio Middle School is nearing the end of its first semester of standards-based grading, a different way of reporting how students are learning. At IMS, it also governs weekly student eligibility ...

I found the article about grading based on proficiency is a step forward. (“Goodbye letter grades! A growing number of schools are dumping the old system -- and it’s paying off”) I guess it leaves me ...

In an effort to address disproportionate outcomes for students, Eagle County Schools has embarked on a journey toward building equity across its schools. As part of this process, the district began ...

This study investigates the impact of a proficiency-based learning (PBL) experience on preservice teacher (PST) perspectives on PBL, assessment, and grading. The findings reveal several salient ...

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 ...

Standards based grading, or SBG, is a grading system that measures students’ progress towards mastery of specific learning goals. These goals or standards are developed at the state level. Our ...

At the start of the most recent school year, the Eagle County School District continued the rollout of its new standards-based grading. As schools began to implement the new grading program at varying ...

The Nampa school board voted to get rid of standards-based grading for secondary schools in the district. Sarah A. Miller smiller@idahostatesman.com The Nampa school board’s decision last week to ...