At the beginning of the school year, Eagle County Schools shared with parents and students our goal to implement a more accurate and effective grading policy, along with an anticipated implementation ...

What’s larger, Heba Morad asks her fourth-grade classroom as she rounds the room: three-fourths or two-thirds? She speaks slowly and clearly, pausing so every student has time to consider the answer.

(TNS) — When history teacher Jeff Kleiner assigns a quiz, test or lesson, he plots a roadmap to success on the board. Colors and numbers connect detailed criteria to each available score, showing ...

This is the second article in a two-part series about equitable grading practices. The first article sets up some of the challenges. In this post, learn how teachers are addressing this issue. Nick ...

Course grades: a familiar source of anxiety for some, a source of pride for others, and a near-universal signal of student success in U.S. schools. Few features of our education system are more ...

Throughout my years as a teacher, principal, and district administrator, grading was like the old joke about the weather: Everyone complained, no one did anything. Students, families, and faculty knew ...

New student grading recommendations in Bend-La Pine Schools have sparked a heated debate among educators, some of whom are concerned that at least one of the proposed practices could result in more ...

With 25+ years of practice and research behind him, Joe Feldman—a former teacher, principal and district administrator—speaks from experience when it comes to the ongoing inequities and challenges ...

Today’s guest blog is written by Thomas R. Guskey, senior research scholar at the University of Louisville. It’s time that educators recognize a basic truth about reforming the way we grade and report ...

We hope your semester has been going well! As members of the Canvas Grading Faculty Working Group, we wanted to take a moment to share the resources that resulted from our work last semester (fall ...