A report recommending Harvard College radically change its numerical grading scale and overhaul its honors system to combat grade inflation was debated in a closed meeting of the Committee on ...

Since the advent of numerical evaluation of academic performance, there have been student concerns about grades. Certain schools of thought may speculate that ranked quantification encourages students ...

The committee on grading recently released a preliminary report noting the phenomenon of grade “compression” (read: inflation) at Yale. Last spring, 62 percent of marks were A-minus or higher. The ...

In the coming year, thousands of high school students will be completing college applications. Those schools will be looking for great ACT scores, community service hours and extracurricular ...

Harvard University’s Office of Undergraduate Education found an acceleration of grade inflation in the past decade, according to a report released Oct. 27 by the University. Students studying on the ...

A report recommending the College radically change its numerical grading scale and overhaul its honors system to combat grade inflation was debated in a closed meeting of the Committee on ...

Niskayuna High School officials are planning to change from letter grades to a numerical scale that would more accurately depict student achievement. Principal John Rickert said the issue is that ...

As a junior, I don’t have much of a standing to sue over any decision to change the grading system — the proposed changes would only go into effect after my graduation. However, the proposed system ...

LEWISTON -- Lewiston-Porter Central Schools officials are considering a new grading system as one way of easing confusion over how valedictorians are chosen. In 2002, four seniors were selected as ...

High school students would spend less time in class and be required to earn fewer credits for graduation under changes tentatively adopted Thursday by the Broward County School Board. In addition, ...