Students in Portland, Oregon may soon be able to get away with cheating and not doing assignments, if Portland Public Schools implements new "equitable grading practices." If adopted, the new ...

A recent survey of nearly 1,000 K-12 teachers found that about half had seen “equitable” grading policies used in their school or district and most reported the approach hurt academic engagement.

(TNS) — When history teacher Jeff Kleiner assigns a quiz, test or lesson, he plots a roadmap to success on the board. Colors and numbers connect detailed criteria to each available score, showing ...

Rick: Hey Joe, eager to continue our conversation about grading. It’s a crucial subject but also one that quickly gets into the weeds, which can lead to a lot of confusion. So, let’s start by trying ...

As standardized student test scores plunge, some school districts are responding by masking student knowledge deficiencies through equity grading, which is little more than grade inflation dressed up ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Students and parents have begun suing school districts over grading policies and practices they say are unfair. As a scholar of ...

I prided myself on being the fairest grader in my school. Looking back, I cringe at the grading practices I once used. It’s not that I took grading lightly. Quite the opposite: I was deeply invested.

I went on a guided tour Thursday of Rome’s historic Colosseum and saw the significance of the barbarism there thousands of years ago. Rome presented its public executions as equitable since the person ...

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