Some school districts, including ones in Maine, New Mexico, Iowa and Oregon, are shifting to standards-based grading, where ...

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Ted Forringer is Assistant Department Head of Physics. The Challenges with the Standard Grading System: As faculty, we are all familiar with what I would call the "standard grading system," in which ...

Rick: Joe, we had a fascinating conversation a few weeks ago about “equitable grading.” As I noted, I’m pretty skeptical, given that I’ve encountered it as an attack on rigor and traditional academic ...

Motion: The Faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences recommends that the departments of the college shall have the option to report grades for graduate studies including designations of "plus" and ...

Oh, how I long for the days when I felt actualized as an English and language arts teacher who based my grades on homework, classwork, tests, and projects. The numbers were simple, and a cumulative ...

I like to think of college as a community of learners whose members are engaged in a common enterprise as well as a shared struggle against the forces of ignorance and complacency. Unfortunately, ...

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