Teachers now have the green light to provide grades that can account for the chaotic moment of history in which their students had to learn. The Rochester School Board approved a motion on Tuesday ...

As the school year winds down, local educators are re-evaluating their grading practices to take into consideration the impact of COVID-19 and distance learning. Jordan Public Schools Director of ...

When students get their grades for the final semester of the school year, which took place via distance learning, they’ll look a little different than normal. Instead of letter grades, a new system ...

Districts are taking different approaches to grading in the pandemic. In West Contra Costa Unified, elementary-level report cards were updated last spring when teachers and students pivoted to ...

The Santa Maria Joint-Union School District is considering new grading policies in response to calls from students and community members for a new system that reflects learning progress rather than ...

More A’s, and more F’s. That’s what took place in the first semester of this school year at the three Alhambra Unified School District high schools under the distance-learning umbrella created by the ...

Parents and students in the Sweetwater Union High School District have opinions about how effective distance learning is. Now we know. The progress report for students in the district is out, and it ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond announced the release of guidelines that address grading student progress and the ongoing issue of equity in distance and ...

Teachers struggling to assess student progress in an online learning environment have one more set of tools to turn to. On Monday, the California Department of Education released new guidance and best ...

As his junior year comes to a close, 17-year-old Nick Pape isn't feeling the excitement of the end. "I’m not as much angry and mad, I’m more disappointed and upset with the way they handled this," he ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — The New Haven Board of Education has approved a plan that would grade students in the Elm City for the work they’ve done during the at-home 4th quarter of the school year.

The first round of progress reports are being sent home for students caught in California’s experiment with online distance learning this fall, and for many, the grades are not good. Districts around ...