School districts across the state, including Portland, Bend-La Pine, Beaverton and Hillsboro, are phasing out the traditional A through F grading system in favor of standards-based grading, which ...

When it comes to grading, most students have grown up with letter-based report cards, which place heavy emphasis on not only submitted work and test performance, but also participation and work ethic.

Some school districts, including ones in Maine, New Mexico, Iowa and Oregon, are shifting to standards-based grading, where students are graded on the skills and concepts they learn instead of points ...