More schools are moving from traditional point-based grades to standards-based grading, focusing on what students actually learn. This approach gives teachers and students clearer insight into ...

Because student proficiency develops over time, assessment retakes play an important role in accurately measuring learning.

AI is reshaping how educators assess student work, from personalized tutoring to automated rubric-based grading systems. When designed with fairness checks and guided learning principles, AI can boost ...

An empty classroom at Henry M. Gunn High School in Palo Alto on April 3, 2020. Phoro by Magali Gauthier. “Evidence-based” grading, a grading system that focuses on a student’s growth rather than test ...

Several years ago, during a one-on-one conversation with an art teacher at the middle school where I was principal, I came to an unsettling realization. We were wrestling with the fact that our ...

The Northern Cass school district in North Dakota last spring graduated its first class of seniors who went through most of high school without receiving letter grades. Instead, their report cards ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jerrid Kruse, Drake University (THE CONVERSATION) Some school districts, including ...