Prasad is a fourth-year medical student and public policy graduate student in Austin, Texas. A “quiet but consequential erosion of standards” is how a Republican Texas state senator described ...

Nine out of 10 faculty who switched to a specifications grading system reported it resulted in higher-quality student work.

A state audit found some schools with an A rating have less than 10% of students testing proficient in core subjects, ...

Two years ago, Charlie Herzog asked: Should we continue to assign students grades in the traditional manner (percentages & letters), or should we move towards a system based on levels of mastery? I ...

I’ve always been obsessed with achieving straight A’s on my report card. The school I attended from preschool through sixth grade pushed me to think that as long as you get an A, you can be happy, ...

Grading is always a hot topic for teachers. I don’t have much knowledge of the “mastery” grading concept, though, which is why I’m deferring to guests Thomas R. Guskey, Susan M. Brookhart, and my ...

SENATE President Win Gatchalian has filed Proposed Senate Resolution 429 seeking an inquiry into the Department of Education (DepEd) grade transmutation policy, which may be contributing to the ...