Why some of top schools in the Bay Area are rebranding a controversial grading system

Top school districts in the East Bay are adopting some of the core principles of this grading approach while scrubbing any ...
Palo Alto Weekly

Gunn leaders, students pilot alternative grading method

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 ...
The Harvard Crimson

Fifteen Questions: Amanda Claybaugh on Grade Inflation, Academic Culture, and Reforming Harvard’s Grading System

The Dean of Undergraduate Education sat down with Fifteen Minutes to discuss Harvard-Yale relations, Sidechat, and Harvard’s grading system. By Samuel A. Church and Cam N. Srivastava Harvard College’s ...
Education Week

What Is Standards-Based Grading, and How Does It Work?

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 ...
Yahoo

A Thousand Teachers Were Asked About ‘Equitable’ Grading. Most Didn’t Like It

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.
EdSource

There’s a more equitable way to grade; districts should invest in it

January 8, 2026 - It's time for John Fensterwald's annual predictions for what's in store for education in 2026. Grading in most classrooms remains tied to rubrics devised by individual teachers and ...
The Hoya

GU Introduces New Grading System as Students Raise Fairness Concerns

Georgetown University announced additional reforms to its grading policy for the spring semester April 2 following weeks of student lobbying for more lenient academic standards amid the COVID-19 ...