Ted Forringer is Assistant Department Head of Physics. The Challenges with the Standard Grading System: As faculty, we are all familiar with what I would call the "standard grading system," in which ...

Dr. Josh Grochow, along with Dr. Ryan Layer and Dr. Lijun Chen, has spent the last couple of years researching new designs for computer science courses that might reduce the temptation for students to ...

Grading is always a hot topic for teachers. I don’t have much knowledge of the “mastery” grading concept, though, which is why I’m deferring to guests Thomas R. Guskey, Susan M. Brookhart, and my ...

The new policy is partly motivated by the need to establish a clear threshold for graduation, to replace the statewide MCAS standard. Members of the teachers union expressed concern about the speed of ...

I am the principal in a grades 7-8 school, perhaps the last venue where we try to give kids second, and sometimes third, chances. This happens mostly with discipline, but also with academics, because ...

Garth Meyer Redondo Beach Unified School District boardmembers voted March 10 to set grading standards for its middle schools ...

Thank you for covering the issue of grading and developing a deeper understanding of this important debate going on in education right now. I am a high school teacher in the Fairfax County public ...

If you’re a high school student in San Diego County, it may appear your chances of getting a good grade are better or worse depending on which teacher you have. Some teachers will give you an A if you ...