Grading can be one of the banes of a teacher’s existence. An added complication can be when an English-language learner is in a “mainstream” content-subject class—what are the best ways a teacher can ...

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

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You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. In her opinion piece on proficiency-based education, Leslie Zamer raised ...

I urge the York School Committee to end the proficiency-based grading practices and go back to traditional grades and honor roll at YHS. I am a software consultant that implements software in college ...

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

LAS CRUCES – Las Cruces Public Schools and Gadsden Independent School District are continue to use grading scales that counter the effects of a "0" and are intended to give students a greater chance ...

Undergraduate students are required to meet a foreign language requirement for their baccalaureate degree. The policy requires proficiency to be demonstrated at an intermediate-level comparable to the ...

LAS CRUCES - Only 3 percent of English language learners in New Mexico's public schools passed the standardized proficiency exam in 2019. In 2017, less than 1 percent of students passed. The previous ...