The new reporting system—which was explained in detail in The Washington Post —was adopted for the county’s 132 elementary schools after a pilot program was conducted in 25 schools.

The BECE grading system for Junior High School is structured to assess students in core subjects such as Mathematics, English Language, Integrated Science, and Social Studies, along with electives ...

Teachers skeptical of Grading for Learning say that they saw the potential value of the new system when it was first being rolled out and introduced. Many recognized that grading had become too ...

Why Core Values Matter For an organization’s core values to really matter, it goes far beyond a simple list of guiding principles. Ideally, they need to authentically define how you and your ...

Under the new grading scheme, the passing marks for all subjects are raised from 33 to 40 out of 100, affecting students in classes 9 and 11 initially. The system categorizes student performance ...

Under the current rating system, around 67% of schools get A or B grades from the state. But that’s expected to drop to around 30% under the new system, according to BESE estimates.