An Oregon university announced they will abandon failing letter grades, citing a "GPA fixation" that negatively impacts students. Western Oregon University issued a news release earlier this month ...

Faculty and administrators at Western Oregon University are aiming to increase student retention rates and foster academic equity by changing the university’s grading system. The small regional ...

The GPA at UB is the ratio of the number of grade points earned at UB to the number of graded credits at UB. Only letter grades are utilized in determining GPA; letter grades are “A,” “A-,” “B+,” “B,” ...

The grades A, B, C, and D may be modified by (+) or (-) suffixes, except that the grade of “A” may not be modified by a (+) suffix. Grade point values per unit are assigned as follows: A = 4.0 A- = ...

Officials at the Minneapolis-based University of Minnesota Medical School may change the school’s grading scale to a pass/fail system for first- and second-year students, according to the Minnesota ...

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 ...

As a local educator, I see the same pattern every year: students with impressive GPAs walk into my classroom confident, capable and ready to work, at least on paper. But when it comes time to read ...

Oregon education officials are quietly reviving a reform-minded method of grading focused on how well students master specific academic skills while de-emphasizing other traditional measures, like ...