The move towards personalized, competency-based learning in Arizona’s Santa Cruz Valley Unified School District (SCVUSD) began with a very basic question — “Are we doing what is best for our kids?” ...

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 ...

A recent survey of nearly 1,000 K-12 teachers found that about half had seen “equitable” grading policies used in their ...

St. Joseph Parish School, 32946 Electric Blvd. in Avon Lake, which is part of the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland, is making strides in educational innovation by embracing standards-based grading. St.

YPSILANTI, MI - Ypsilanti Community Schools is moving toward a standards-based grading model at its high school that focuses on students’ progress toward mastering specific concepts without ...

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 ...

As K-12 grading practices evolve, it’s critical for school leaders and educators to routinely review grading policies and reflect on the effectiveness of practices to ensure adjustments are made that ...

Standards-based grading (SBG)—or competency-based grading—measures student progress relative to specific learning standards. This system of evaluation isolates the learning of content and mastery of ...

What’s familiar often seems to be the best: your mother’s chicken soup or your old, comfy evening clothes. In some parts of modern society, we’re finding what is familiar may not be best. In education ...

This past school year, standards-based grading and learning was fully implemented at Battle Mountain and Eagle Valley high schools. Over the past several years, Eagle County School District has ...

The Nampa school board’s decision last week to eliminate standards-based grading in secondary schools, against the administration’s recommendation, has spurred some confusion as teachers begin to ...

The Kaneland Unit District 302 school board voted unanimously Monday to sunset the district's standards-based grading system at the end of the 2023-2024 school year for students in grades 6-12. The ...