The district’s shift to what’s often called proficiency-based grading—but is also referred to as standards- and mastery ... students to complain that the conversion resulted in lower grades.

When a public school system in the San Francisco Bay Area explored replacing traditional grading practices with a form of “standards-based grading system” meant to eliminate bias, it sparked ...

Standards-based — or standards ... for its above-average adoption of standard-based grading. Yet less than 20 high schools in Iowa have made the conversion, according to Matt Townsley, assistant ...

The Nampa school board voted to get rid of standards-based grading for secondary schools in the district. Sarah A. Miller smiller@idahostatesman.com The Nampa school board’s decision last week ...

In Laurie Pennington’s science classes at Gunn High School, standards-based grading has tested students’ and parents’ firm attachment to traditional grades. This is the fourth year she’s ...

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 ...

Blog!). The motivation for this particular hangout was to talk about Standards Based Grading. What the heck is that? Well, watch the video and it might answer the question. But let me give my own ...

At the start of the most recent school year, the Eagle County School District continued the rollout of its new standards-based grading. As schools began to implement the new grading program at varying ...

The new approach, called standards-based grading, requires teachers to divide curricula up into a large number of “standards”, each focusing on a particular skill or specific area of knowledge.

in Avon Lake, which is part of the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland, is making strides in educational innovation by embracing standards-based grading. St. Joseph’s initiative is part of a larger ...