Prasad is a fourth-year medical student and public policy graduate student in Austin, Texas. A “quiet but consequential erosion of standards” is how a Republican Texas state senator described ...

Two states are considering bills that would require medical schools to use A-F grading systems instead of pass-fail. Indiana and Texas are considering SB 289 and HB 5294, respectively, both of which ...

The consequences of never failing are worse than the occasional bad grade.

When Giulia Bonaminio was treated for cancer by her students at the University of Kansas Medical Center, she didn’t care ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. NC high schools must no longer fail students solely for excessive absences State policy allows passing grades despite high absences ...

Students at Louisiana Key Academy participate in extracurricular activities. Imagine a fourth-grader named Mia at Louisiana Key Academy, a public charter school designed for children with dyslexia.

As a local educator, I see the same pattern every year: students with impressive GPAs walk into my classroom confident, capable and ready to work, at least on paper. But when it comes time to read ...

Officials at the Minneapolis-based University of Minnesota Medical School may change the school’s grading scale to a pass/fail system for first- and second-year students, according to the Minnesota ...

More Harvard College students than ever are passing their classes with flying colors, but the College’s evaluation system is “failing to perform the key functions of grading,” according to a report ...

The mere mention of standardized testing can cause anxiety for students and parents. When does your child start taking these tests? And why do they have to take them in the first place? Each state and ...