by Pat Wyman | Nov 18, 2020 | Articles
Have you ever started using an appliance or device without reading the instruction manual? Perhaps, later, you discovered you weren’t using the device properly, or that it had functionalities you didn’t even know about. Students who don’t know how their brains work,... by Ruth Huber | Apr 22, 2017 | Articles
A change to proficiency-based grading has changed students’ approach to studying and learning. At Woodstock Union Middle School and High School in Vermont, letter-based grades were changed this year to proficiency grades of beginning, approaching, proficient... by Rebecca Kochenderfer | Oct 18, 2014 | Articles
Why Grades Really Matter The obvious reason grades matter is because you need good grades in order to get into college or graduate school. But there is another, more important reason that good grades matter. Becoming an “A” student changes you, and you are a different... by Javier C Hernandez | Apr 14, 2014 | Articles
Teacher observations and grades with writing samples are now prime criteria for evaluating students as the role of tests is reduced in promoting students in the largest school system in the United States. Breaking from the policies of former Mayor Michael R.... by Chase Cook | Feb 4, 2014 | Articles
Some schools are rewarding students for good grades. A good example of this is James Ryder Randall Elementary School. Students scores are improving due to the incentives! When Principal Sonia E. Beckford said took over the Clinton school about two years ago, its...
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