Here are two responses to teacher Matthew Boswell's Feb. 3 critique of Montgomery County's new grading system, which prohibits any grade below 50 percent, even if an assignment is not done. Dear ...

A B average student at a district with a 10-point grading scale would sit at a 3.0, but at Beaver, it could be as low as a 2.0. Hockman grew up in a high-risk low-income family and graduated with a ...

The scale, if approved by the board, would replace the district’s current seven-point grading scale. A 10-point grading scale would mean that a student would move into the "A" range with a 90% ...

It will be easier for Culpeper County Public School students to obtain an A starting this fall. The Culpeper County School Board voted 6-0 in favor of changing its current seven-point grading ...

The S.C. Department of Education is considering adopting a new grading system for public schools, replacing the current seven-point grading scale with a 10-point scale.

Many school divisions in Virginia and nationwide have adopted the 10-point scale, which is based on the College Board’s grading scale. Most colleges use this scale.

Under the new scale, students with a 93 to 100 will earn an A and a 4.0 grade-point average. A 90 to 92 will equal an A minus, or 3.7 GPA. The lowest passing grade will drop to a 60.

In 2016, 90% were on a 10-point scale. *According to the U.S. News and World Report, of the 130 schools with the highest college readiness index, only “8” of those high schools do not use a 10 ...

WEBVTT HERE, FOLLOWING THE STORY. TIM: GABBY, THE MOVE TO A 10-POINT GRADING SCALE MEANS MORE HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS WILL GRADUATE WITH AN "A" OR "B" AVERAGE, MEANING THEY WILL QUALIFY FOR THE LIFE ...

South Carolina’s high schoolers will be graded on a 10-point scale starting next school year, after a unanimous vote Tuesday by the state Board of Education.

“The 50-point scale is preferred by a lot of people. Now we’re hearing from the community. Maybe we want to make a zero grade an incomplete. At the end of the day, all grades have to be ...