Ask a group of elementary parents to raise their hands if they think the grades their students receive are totally objective. Not all hands will be raised. Perhaps, more hands will be raised in the ...

It was with great interest that I read how Greg Jouriles and his faculty colleagues are addressing their “grading differences” and teachers’ “different conceptions of achievement” through development ...

Create rubrics to establish specific criteria and performance expectations for assignments and discussions to make your grading expectations and criteria transparent and consistent. While rubrics ...

OROVILLE — Tuesday, the Butte County Department of Public Works asked the Board of Supervisors to provide direction on how to revise a 2009 grading ordinance, that at least in one aspect collapsed ...

After months of radio silence from administrators over grading reform, the ad hoc committee on grading has reached out for student opinions. The committee was commissioned in September 2012 to examine ...

After receiving the most comprehensive report on grading policy compiled in recent decades, several department chairs said yesterday that they recognize a serious need to curb Harvard grade inflation.

While there are many tools in Blackboard Learn, discussion boards are a staple when we want to foster conversation with students about course content. When crafted to leverage the key aspects of ...

Florida university students soon could choose to have their spring semester classes graded on a pass or fail scale, as university officials weigh options to help students transition to remote ...