No-zero grading policies prevent teachers from giving zeros on any assignment or test. They also set a grade floor, meaning ...

Picture this. You have a chemistry test and begin studying two full days before, leaving adequate time to review unit conversions, empirical formulas and other important content. Thanks to your hard ...

Consensus in education, especially on grading reform, is elusive. But inside this heated debate, we’re really arguing for the same thing. The goal of grading reform is to better reflect students’ true ...

Joe: Rick, you’ve written recently about the harms of grade inflation and how a primary cause is educators who, influenced by “equitable grading,” compromise rigor and award students higher grades ...

In August 2024, a post on the social media site X displayed a graphic from the daytime talk show "Dr. Phil." The graphic, summarizing a "Facebook Post by CA Parent," shows a lenient "public school ...

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Two in three students say their professors grade fairly over all, according to the recent Student Voice survey of 3,004 two- and four-year students by Inside Higher Ed and College Pulse. About one in ...

In an attempt at easing the high school-to-college transition, some U.S. universities have begun implementing unorthodox student assessment methods, reigniting a debate over whether the traditional ...

Users across the social media landscape left comments bemoaning the state of the American public-education system. Some users went further, implying that the scale was implemented statewide. But a few ...