Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Big changes are coming for sixth, seventh and eighth graders at Portland Public Schools this fall.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The movement toward standards-based learning has been in motion for over 30 years, yet there is ...

I offer this in response to a letter to the editor earlier this week regarding the standards-based learning model. Mark Twain said, “I’m in favor of progress; it’s change I don’t like,” and in a ...

A public meeting to discuss Standards Based Learning as it relates to high school is set for 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 25 at the Forest City High School Auditorium. The public is asked to submit ...

Meridian Public Schools Superintendent Sarah Glann is excited about some quiet work behind the scenes that aims to set the district on a good long-term path academically. "It’s not flashy. But it's ...

The new grading scale assesses students based on specific learning goals and largely removes homework from the grading equation.

FOREST CITY | A spokesman for a group of Forest City parents who have concerns about grading for standards-based learning says the group wants to be heard. MASON CITY | A number of Iowa districts — ...

Standards-based grading (SBG)—or competency-based grading—measures student progress relative to specific learning standards. This system of evaluation isolates the learning of content and mastery of ...

For generations, school-aged children (and their parents) have measured academic progress the same way, with a single letter grade of A, B, C, D or F. It was a simple ...

Corrected: This story has been updated to correct the number of districts participating in Washington state’s Mastery-Based Learning Collaborative. Every state now allows schools to embrace competency ...