Education Week

Online Portals Offer Instant Access to Grades. That’s Not Always a Good Thing

But these days, the waiting game for grades is over. Online portals, part of learning management systems where all student ...
The Cavalier Daily

Students reflect on the ‘Batten Curve’ and its grading impact

Under the policy, Batten courses are guided by a grade normalization standard that aims for a class-wide mean GPA of ...
EdSource

Study: AI grading penalizes Asian American students’ essays

A study found that when asked to grade essays, artificial intelligence tended to rate essays by Asian American and Pacific Islander students much lower when compared to humans. Researchers aren’t sure ...
The Harvard Crimson

Harvard Faculty Cut A Grades by Nearly 7 Percentage Points in Fall

Harvard faculty awarded significantly fewer A grades in the fall, cutting the share of top marks by nearly seven percentage ...
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School district’s new grading system gives students a low grade of 40% instead of a zero

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV/Gray News) - A school district in Missouri adopted a new grading system that prevents students from receiving a zero even if they didn’t do the assignment. The Kansas City ...

One Solution for Too Many A’s? Harvard Considers Giving A+ Grades.

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.
Houston Public Media

Research, curriculum and grading: New data sheds light on how professors are using AI

When Georgia State University professor G. Sue Kasun taught a new course this summer, she used generative artificial intelligence to help her brainstorm. Kasun, a professor of language, culture and ...