I prided myself on being the fairest grader in my school. Looking back, I cringe at the grading practices I once used. It’s not that I took grading lightly. Quite the opposite: I was deeply invested.

A recent survey of nearly 1,000 K-12 teachers found that about half had seen “equitable” grading policies used in their school or district and most reported the approach hurt academic engagement.

(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 ...

Teachers and school leaders can work together to ensure that report cards function as trustworthy indicators of what students ...

Students and parents have begun suing school districts over grading policies and practices they say are unfair. As a scholar of education who studies grading practices, I’ve seen how important grades ...

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 ...

Throughout my years as a teacher, principal, and district administrator, grading was like the old joke about the weather: Everyone complained, no one did anything. Students, families, and faculty knew ...

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 ...

January 8, 2026 - It's time for John Fensterwald's annual predictions for what's in store for education in 2026. Course grades: a familiar source of anxiety for some, a source of pride for others, and ...

Sixth-grade students work on a writing exercise at Wilson Elementary School in Modesto on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016. Andy Alfaro [email protected] Modesto City Schools is expanding its equitable ...

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: 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 ...