Grading

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Assessment Download 6 Ways to Curb Grade-Change Requests From Students and Parents (DOWNLOADABLE)
No one likes dealing with grade-change requests. Here are some tips to help teachers avoid them altogether.
Elizabeth Heubeck, May 19, 2025
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Assessment Opinion Our Grading System Was Setting Students Up to Fail—Until This Change
Our first reaction to standards-based grading was despair. Then, slowly, things began to change.
Matthew Ebert, May 13, 2025
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Assessment In Case You Missed It: How Schools Are Measuring Student Success
Explore stories about grading practices, what truly reflects student achievement, and more.
Daniela Franco Brown, April 23, 2025
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Assessment Download A Guide to Equitable Grading in Schools (DOWNLOADABLE)
See how traditional and equitable grading practices differ in this downloadable guide.
Ileana Najarro, April 15, 2025
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Assessment What Should Teachers Do When Students—or Parents—Ask for a Better Grade?
Plenty of students, and even parents, ask teachers to change their grades. Here's how teachers react.
Elizabeth Heubeck, April 14, 2025
6 min read
Assessment Interactive How Teachers Approach Grading, in Charts
Teachers weigh multiple factors, including subjective perceptions, when selecting grades, beyond just assignments and test scores.
Elizabeth Heubeck, April 14, 2025
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Assessment Why Some Schools Are Ditching Class Rank and Weighted GPAs
Educators wonder whether it is time to revisit class rank and weighted GPAs.
Alyson Klein, April 14, 2025
8 min read
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Assessment Grading for Equity: Inside One District’s Big Policy Shift
Districts have been shifting grading to strictly assess student learning without add-ons such as extra credit.
Ileana Najarro, April 14, 2025
8 min read
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Assessment What Are Grades Really For? What Research Says About 4 Common Answers
Differing opinions about the purpose of grades are at the heart of the grading debate.
Evie Blad, April 14, 2025
6 min read
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Assessment Download A Strengths-Based Guide to Assessing Student Progress (DOWNLOADABLE)
Help students succeed with clearer, fairer rubrics that simplify grading and improve assessment consistency.
Evie Blad & Francis Sheehan, April 14, 2025
1 min read
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Special Report Grading and Assessment: How to Best Measure Student Success
This report explores the impact of grading policies and practices on student assessment, and the impact of GPAs on students’ futures.
April 14, 2025
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Artificial Intelligence Is It Ethical to Use AI to Grade?
The technology gives students more feedback, more quickly. But some warn that using AI to score writing could have unintended consequences.
Sarah Schwartz, February 14, 2025
9 min read
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Artificial Intelligence Quiz Who's the Tougher Grader: ChatGPT or Teachers? Quiz Yourself to See
Grading “assistants” that use generative AI offer to cut teachers' workload. But do they stack up to actual educators?
Sarah Schwartz & Hyon-Young Kim, February 14, 2025
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