Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Big changes are coming for sixth, seventh and eighth graders at Portland Public Schools this fall.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write on the human/political issues surrounding college admissions. The U.S. education system's decades-long focus on standards, ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The movement toward standards-based learning has been in motion for over 30 years, yet there is ...

This post originally appeared on the Otus blog and is republished here with permission. Grading reform is messy, but it’s worth it. That was the central message from Jessica Espinoza and Alice ...

Standards-based grading (SBG)—or competency-based grading—measures student progress relative to specific learning standards. This system of evaluation isolates the learning of content and mastery of ...

For almost the past four decades, academic standards have been a defining focus of efforts to improve student achievement. The movement for high academic standards—determinations of what students ...

I offer this in response to a letter to the editor earlier this week regarding the standards-based learning model. Mark Twain said, “I’m in favor of progress; it’s change I don’t like,” and in a ...

• The Madison school district is changing how students learn throughout the year, maintaining the grading system Madison used in middle school • East High School has already switched to the new system ...

The Wisconsin Dells School District wants to better measure how well students are doing in relation to grade-level standards, instead of simply concluding this based on assignment/test scores and work ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jerrid Kruse, Drake University (THE CONVERSATION) Some school districts, including ...