In his Sept. 14 piece, “The Danger With Giving Students Feedback,” Alfie Kohn cites a 2020 Duke study which found that the traditional practice of grading can damage student motivation and performance ...

NASHUA — Students will soon be receiving new report cards with slews of scores that reflect their knowledge and abilities in each course. The school district is piloting the new competency-based ...

Standards-based grading (SBG)—or competency-based grading—measures student progress relative to specific learning standards. This system of evaluation isolates the learning of content and mastery of ...

NASHUA — After rolling out the next generation of report cards at a pair of public workshops with a panel of teachers, a PowerPoint presentation and plenty of multi-colored handouts, school ...

Letter grades — A's, B's and C's — are slowly losing favor in Delaware. Some teachers are pushing for "competency-based learning," a model of education that evaluates students' true understanding and ...

Join this webinar to learn from four school leaders who have guided their communities through a shift in grading practices and are successfully implementing standards-based grading. During this panel ...

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Western Governors University is pioneering a new, fast-growing model of education: Competency-based learning. In traditional classrooms, time is fixed and student learning varies. Schools operate ...

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 ...

Melrose, a cozy suburb north of Boston, is home to an idyllic New England downtown and schools good enough to draw young families in droves. Students perform well above the U.S. average and do better ...