Indiana lawmakers mandated that the state develop a new grading system for schools after not issuing A-F grades since 2018.

During the 2010 election campaign, Republican Scott Walker promised that if elected governor, he would create an "A-to-F” grading scale for measuring the quality of public schools.

Critics argue that such a change makes student grades less accurate. In some districts with revised grading scales, even missing assignments are graded at 50 percent, rather than the 0 percent ...

Grading shouldn’t be the first thing districts change when switching to competency-based education, Guskey warns, and no one should expect a grading system on its own to improve student achievement.

Indian Prairie School District 204 is piloting a weighted grading system this year, with the goal of standardizing grading and promoting equity across the district, according to district ...

On April 4, 2024, posts began appearing online showing a graphic from an episode of the daytime talk show "Dr. Phil" that showed a "public school grading scale" far more lenient than what many ...

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 ...

In Loudoun County, school system spokesman Dan Adams said the district has not changed its grading policy since 2021. But the district gathered feedback on grading from students and teachers in ...

In 2016, a law was passed requiring TDOE to develop a school letter grading system. Schools would receive grades on an A to F scale for the previous academic year, which would give parents a ...

Translating a standards-based system into a familiar percentage or letter grade scale just doesn't make a lot of sense, because number grades are not objective.