We’ve all taken that class that seemed impossible to pass, classes where professors idly accept the difficulty of the course with little adjustments in way of easing the workload. It is in these ...

The formula, proposed to the state Board of Education by Department of Education officials at a work session on Thursday, will utilize achievement, growth and readiness as its three primary tenants.

I was recently reminded of the traditional criticism of "grading on curves," which is to say grading a class in such a way that, say, 20 percent get As, 60 percent get Bs, and 20 percent get Cs ...

Grading on a curve: for some students it is the saving grace at the end of the semester and for others it is not. For faculty it is simply a topic of great debate. While many instructors at University ...

Last night the faculty of Yale University decided to postpone voting on a controversial modification to the school's grading system — essentially, instituting a grading curve — thus averting a major ...

The Arkansas Board of Education voted Thursday to release two legal rules governing the state's implementation of its new school accountability system for public comment. Under the accountability ...

Every semester, almost as soon as the course guide goes live, I log on to Atlas to review prospective classes for the next term. When I find a class that sounds interesting, I click on its tab. But ...