Grading
Assessment
Why Some Schools Are Ditching Class Rank and Weighted GPAs
Educators wonder whether it is time to revisit class rank and weighted GPAs.
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.
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.
Assessment
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A Strengths-Based Guide to Assessing Student Progress (DOWNLOADABLE)
Help students succeed with clearer, fairer rubrics that simplify grading and improve assessment consistency.
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.
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?
Special Report
How AI Is Reshaping Teachers’ Jobs
Artificial intelligence is changing the way teachers work, learn, and teach.
Assessment
This School Didn't Like Traditional Grades. So It Created Its Own System
Principals at this middle school said the transition to the new system took patience and time.
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Artificial Intelligence
Opinion
ChatGPT Can Make English Teachers Feel Doomed. Here’s How I’m Adapting
To combat the sense of pointlessness around teaching and AI, I’m making two major changes to the “point” of my English class this year.
Personalized Learning
Video
VIDEO: Inside a Competency-Based Learning Program Without Grades
This district's competency-based program gives students greater autonomy over their education, providing feedback rather than grades.
Assessment
Grades and Standardized Test Scores Aren't Matching Up. Here's Why
Researchers have found discrepancies between student grades and their scores on standardized tests such as the SAT and ACT.
Assessment
From Our Research Center
What Educators Have to Say About Competency-Based Education
Teachers, principals, and district leaders shared skepticism and optimism for the learning model.
Personalized Learning
Inside One District's Experiment With Competency-Based Education
It’s tough to discern what grades and subjects are being taught in the Moonshot classroom. And that's part of the point.