Thankfully it doesn't seem to be a common problem in the Bridgeport school system, but the recent case of a principal substantially elevating low grades given by the students' teacher exposes a policy ...

At Westside High School in Houston, Principal Paul Castro admits his policy on grading goes against the grain: Students who fail to turn in homework don’t get zeros. Instead, they get 50 points — a ...

I recently read the editorial about the new legislation that implements a fundamental change in the way the state's public schools grade students ( ). This idea is appalling. It will not in any way ...

A grading practice known as the "50% rule" that tries to motivate students with a minimum grade even for those who earned below that mark has become controversial at Hamilton County Schools. School ...

Florida students likely will find passing mandatory state tests tougher than in the past, thanks to a more stringent scoring system approved Wednesday. The State Board of Education by a 6-1 vote ...

District leaders want to remove behavior, non-academic ‘assignments’ from the equation. The Pasco County school district updated the codes teachers may use in gradebooks, in an attempt to provide more ...

Probably we do," Pitts said. Pitts contends that grade inflation is a complex issue that is not easy to assess, but a four-month analysis of more than 13 years of UI grading data uncovered two main ...