Con: Letter grades de-emphasize learning. Critics of the letter grading system say that "students have become so preoccupied with grades, they aren't actually learning," NPR summarizes.

At first glance, the standards-based system may simply seem like just another type of grading scale. For example, parents might see a report card with 1′s 2′s or 3′s or symbols like +, -, or =.

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan will ditch a system that gave A-through-F grades to public schools each year after state education officials called the system overly simplistic and a duplicate of ...

The letter grading system is believed to have originated at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts. In 1897, the school adopted an A-to-E system: The A was equivalent to 95% to 100% ...

In contrast to the letter grade approach, the school index system provides a ranking from 0-100 for each school based on student growth, proficiency, graduation rates, English learner progress ...

Statewide, 210 schools did not receive letter grades. The grades come just a few days after the state released ACT testing results data.Knox County Schools' participation rate for the college ...

Grading shouldn’t be the first thing districts change when switching to competency-based education, Guskey warns, and no one should expect a grading system on its own to improve student achievement.

State’s new school letter grade system up for discussion at Nashville town hall Statewide, more than 43% of schools received either an A or B, but a little more than 26% earned a D or F.

The grading system had received bipartisan pushback since it was pushed through in 2018 during a 17-hour lame duck session by the GOP-led Legislature and Republican former Gov. Rick Snyder.