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 ...

Many college graduates are leaving school this season with near-perfect GPAs. Sure, many are high-achieving, smart students, but as the number of students receiving top grades continues to rise, it is ...

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 ...

A new student portal called the Triton Student System will replace My TritonLink at the end of this academic year. The TSS will incorporate all My TritonLink student and faculty resources and issue ...

Imagine you’re comparing your grades with a friend after a test. One of you studied for hours while the other barely opened their textbook, but you both earned the same grade. The depth of a student’s ...

Some Harvard students have launched a petition urging the university to abandon plans to pursue grading reform, calling it "racist." "We center racism as a core concern, contending that although the ...

Some Harvard students have launched a petition urging the university to abandon plans to pursue grading reform, calling it "racist." "We center racism as a core concern, contending that although the ...

Education news and commentary, delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 newsletter. Some school districts, including ones in Maine, New Mexico, Iowa and Oregon, are shifting to ...

Some school districts, including ones in Maine, New Mexico, Iowa and Oregon, are shifting to standards-based grading, where students are graded on the skills and concepts they learn instead of points ...

North Carolina college students are concerned a UNC System policy draft could end some financial aid and legal services programs. The regulation would prohibit student activity fees from funding ...

Indiana’s new way of grading K-12 schools got unanimous approval Wednesday from the State Board of Education following a nearly yearlong process that included public input. The attorney general’s ...