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

We need to reconsider oral evaluations.

Surya Tallavarjula graduated from UC Berkeley with a bachelor of arts with honors in computer science and physics. He is now an incoming Ph.D. student at Stanford University’s physics department. This ...

A 7-year-old student and his mother were detained by immigration authorities while traveling over the Thanksgiving break, according to the superintendent of Vermont’s Winooski school district. The boy ...

Mary Tamer, a former member of the Boston School Committee is executive director of MassPotential, a nonprofit education organization. On student report cards across the Commonwealth, it appears that ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) — Parents across South Carolina could soon get a more accurate picture of how their children are performing in school after Gov. Henry McMaster signed a new law eliminating the ...

Vincent Phillip Muñoz is a professor at the University of Notre Dame. University administrators have long known that grade inflation is a problem, but no one has been willing to do much about it. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The video has sparked debate online after being shared by his family A middle school graduation speech quickly turned into a ...

Daniel Mattingly said he rewrote his speech several times before delivering his message at his middle school graduation WAVE News - Louisville, KY/YouTube A Kentucky eighth grader delivered an ...

Harvard University faculty members voted to cap the number of A's awarded to students, a grading change aimed at making student marks more meaningful. By a vote of 458 to 201, faculty approved a ...

May 20 (Reuters) - Harvard University faculty have imposed a limit on the number of "A" grades that can be given to undergraduate students in an effort to end a growing trend of grade inflation at the ...