Harvard University has been trying to cut back how many A grades professors give. Now, 53 percent of grades are A’s, down from 60 percent.

Boston University’s College of Communication rolled out a new grading policy for the 2025-26 academic year, making it the second school at Boston University to adopt a standardized scale alongside the ...

Even though Claybaugh’s communiqué has taken pains to declare that grades should mean something, Harvard has not effectively coordinated a shared standard for how that meaning should translate across ...

Grades are a well-established part of the K-12 education system that, in most school districts, play a decisive role in students’ academic standing. But what goes into the single letter or number that ...

Harvard students are in an uproar after the school's Office of Undergraduate Education released a report last week saying the Ivy League school is "failing to perform the key functions of grading," ...

Harvard students are in an uproar after the school’s Office of Undergraduate Education released a report last week saying the Ivy League school is “failing to perform the key functions of grading,” ...

Most faculty will assign grades using Banner 9 in Banner Self-Service. Faculty enter final grades for undergraduate and graduate students for fall, spring, and summer terms. Faculty also enter midterm ...

My son Andrew is currently in the midst of the college application process. My daughter Megan is a junior in college. And in my job as a college professor, I constantly find myself in conversations ...

The Arkansas Department of Education released public school letter grades on Friday, with roughly three-quarters of public K-12 schools receiving grades of C or higher. The letter grades are the first ...