NASHUA – Acing a test won’t just get Nashua students an “A+” under a new grading system adopted by the Board of Education Monday night. It will also get them a 100, a 4, and a recap of their course ...

NASHUA — After rolling out the next generation of report cards at a pair of public workshops with a panel of teachers, a PowerPoint presentation and plenty of multi-colored handouts, school ...

You know that old interview question: What would change in education if you had a magic wand? For Scott Looney, there’d be no hesitating: He would have every school switch from traditional grading to ...

In his Sept. 14 piece, “The Danger With Giving Students Feedback,” Alfie Kohn cites a 2020 Duke study which found that the traditional practice of grading can damage student motivation and performance ...

NASHUA – After teachers, students and staff advocated to maintain the Nashua School District’s new competency-based grading system, a motion to replace the system failed by a narrow margin before the ...

Editor's note: This is the sixth in a series on Spaulding's new grading system. While parents and students may be concerned about how Spaulding High School's new competency-based grading system will ...

NASHUA — Students will soon be receiving new report cards with slews of scores that reflect their knowledge and abilities in each course. The school district is piloting the new competency-based ...

Editor's note: This is the fourth in a series on Spaulding High's new competency grading system. ROCHESTER— The new competency-based grading system being implemented at Spaulding High School this fall ...

Schools that have or are planning to adopt competency-based learning have access to a new report that offers guidance in how to assess student progress. In 42 pages "Progress and Proficiency: ...

Though many of the education concepts behind a competency-based teaching and grading model aren’t necessarily new, more districts may be exploring the ideas now, said Lars Esdal, who wrote a guide on ...

PELHAM — When students and parents receive report cards for the last quarter of the academic year, they'll see a different grading system. The Pelham School Board has decided to move to a different ...