With a years-long shift to skills-based instruction and grading, this district found an unexpected outcome—an increase in AP ...

Evidence indicates that parents seldom challenge the rigor of learning expectations set for that highest level of performance ...

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

Pennsylvania schools are preparing for a major change in how children are taught to read. For the 2027-28 school year, all ...

An empty classroom at Henry M. Gunn High School in Palo Alto on April 3, 2020. Phoro by Magali Gauthier. “Evidence-based” grading, a grading system that focuses on a student’s growth rather than test ...

Assignments and the associated grades represent one of the most powerful tools in our teaching repertoire. It takes great care and precision to design assessments, and how we measure and translate ...