“We have tried hard to strike a balance between keeping assessment and grading about student learning and mastery of content, while also recognizing the significant burden of certain grading practices ...

Educators at the San Leandro Unified school district in Northern California had a grading and assessment dilemma. In 2013, some students getting D and F letter grades were meeting content standards on ...

Throughout my years as a teacher, principal, and district administrator, grading was like the old joke about the weather: Everyone complained, no one did anything. Students, families, and faculty knew ...