What’s larger, Heba Morad asks her fourth-grade classroom as she rounds the room: three-fourths or two-thirds? She speaks slowly and clearly, pausing so every student has time to consider the answer.

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.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Students and parents have begun suing school districts over grading policies and practices they say are unfair. As a scholar of ...

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 ...

Portland Public Schools are considering adopting new "equitable grading practices" that it's already being used in some schools. AFP via Getty Images I went on a guided tour Thursday of Rome’s ...