What’s larger, Heba Morad asks her fourth-grade classroom as she rounds the room: three-fourths or two-thirds? She speaks slowly and clearly, pausing so every student has time to consider the answer.

(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 ...

BEREA, Ohio -- Grading guidelines in the Berea City School District will change beginning with the 2024-25 school year to provide a more equitable way of evaluating student achievement. Director of ...

Joe: Rick, you’ve written recently about the harms of grade inflation and how a primary cause is educators who, influenced by “equitable grading,” compromise rigor and award students higher grades ...

Fifth grade teacher Melinda Goodwin, left, helps students Camila Caracheo, Elianna Betancourt and Ignacio Valencia with multiplying decimals during class at Don Pedro Elementary School in Ceres, Calif ...

Rick: You’ve mentioned to me that there’s a mismatch between what the research on equitable grading says and the way the practice is regarded by its critics. Can you explain what you mean? Joe: I get ...

Rick: Joe, we had a fascinating conversation a few weeks ago about “equitable grading.” As I noted, I’m pretty skeptical, given that I’ve encountered it as an attack on rigor and traditional academic ...

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 ...