Grade deflation might restore some rigor to university education, but it treats grading as a calibration problem when the ...

I know I’m old because I remember when a B+ was a respectable grade. Now it’s more like an indictment. I’m a masochist if I ...

So much for an “A” for effort. Students at Harvard University are furious over a controversial proposal that could limit the number of A grades faculty can award in undergraduate courses, a move ...

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 ...

Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences will vote next month on whether to cap the number of A grades that instructors can assign in each course, effectively cutting in half the percentage ...

So much for an "A" for effort. Students at Harvard University are furious over a controversial proposal that could limit the number of A grades faculty can award in undergraduate courses, a move ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For more than 80 years, students at least in seventh grade through college in the U.S. have generally earned one grade for a ...

What’s in a grade? On its surface, a letter or number grade would appear to be a fixed measure of a student’s performance on a given assessment: a test, essay, project, or other tangible piece of work ...

Grades are a standard part of the American educational system that most students and teachers take for granted. But what if students didn't have just one shot at acing a midterm, or could even talk ...