The Northern Cass school district in North Dakota last spring graduated its first class of seniors who went through most of high school without receiving letter grades. Instead, their report cards ...

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.