Harvard students unload on school over new stricter grading policy: ‘The whole day I was crying’

Harvard students are in an uproar after the school’s Office of Undergraduate Education released a report last week saying the ...
The Harvard Crimson

‘Soul-Crushing’: Students Slam Harvard’s Grade Inflation Report

Harvard students pushed back forcefully against a new University report condemning grade inflation, arguing that it ...
Palo Alto Weekly

Gunn leaders, students pilot alternative grading method

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 than test ...
19 Action News

School district’s new grading system gives students a low grade of 40% instead of a zero

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV/Gray News) - A school district in Missouri adopted a new grading system that prevents students from receiving a zero even if they didn’t do the assignment. The Kansas City ...
Telegram

Worcester School Committee decides to hold off on changing student grading system

The new policy is partly motivated by the need to establish a clear threshold for graduation, to replace the statewide MCAS standard. Members of the teachers union expressed concern about the speed of ...
Chicago Tribune

Indian Prairie School District 204 to pilot weighted grading system this school year

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 ...