Questions about the direction of Columbia Public Schools have been mounting over the last few years. A primary point of concern for many has been the inexplicable continued push to implement standards ...

New grading practices adopted by Des Moines middle schools this year will require students to meet specific academic standards and will exclude factors like homework completion and class participation ...

Met with mixed reaction so far, the Wichita school district addresses questions concerning its new grading system for students in kindergarten through fifth grade. The Standards-Referenced Grading ...

starting this fall for kindergarten through fifth-grade students, uses a zero-to-four scale intended to pinpoint where students need help and where they are succeeding. The system, called "standards ...

COLUMBIA - Columbia Public Schools held the first of three public meetings Tuesday night to discuss the district's grading policy changes. These informational sessions are to help parents learn more ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – USD 259 announced the implementation of a new grading system called Standards-Referenced Grading (SRG). Instead of an A, B, C, D or F ...

For generations, school-aged children (and their parents) have measured academic progress the same way, with a single letter grade of A, B, C, D or F. It was a simple ...

When a student comes home with a C on their report card, it often isn't clear what that means. Are they average in geometry? Or did their math proficiency get dragged down by poor class attendance?

Districts around the country have weighed new approaches to grading, some motivated by concerns about achievement and student motivation following the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic. As ...

Grading system will move to middle schools in 2020-21 and high schools the year after. As thoroughly as the Wichita Public Schools got out the word about its new grading system for elementary students ...

A new report card and grading system is on the way to Columbia Public Schools. Beginning in the 2020-21 school year with district elementary schools and expanding in subsequent years to middle schools ...