I was just getting started as a teacher when the standards-based movement in education began in the 1980s, and it seemed like the right direction for our profession. By the late 1990s, it felt like ...

The Northern Cass school district in North Dakota last spring graduated its first class of seniors who went through most of high school without receiving letter grades. Instead, their report cards ...

Elmwood Park School District 401 began moving forward last year on a standards-based grading and competency-based system, establishing a 20-member staff committee at the elementary level to look into ...

In an effort to address disproportionate outcomes for students, Eagle County Schools has embarked on a journey toward building equity across its schools. As part of this process, the district began ...

The Nampa school board voted to get rid of standards-based grading for secondary schools in the district. Sarah A. Miller smiller@idahostatesman.com The Nampa school board’s decision last week to ...

• Madison School District is changing how students learn throughout the year, maintaining the grading system Madison used in middle school • East High School has already switched to the new system, ...