NASHUA – Acing a test won’t just get Nashua students an “A+” under a new grading system adopted by the Board of Education Monday night. It will also get them a 100, a 4, and a recap of their course ...

Grades are a well-established part of the K-12 education system that, in most school districts, play a decisive role in students’ academic standing. But what goes into the single letter or number that ...

Is grading fair for new Common Core tests? Michelle Kohlhorst, a grader of new Common Core exams for PARCC and Pearson Inc., says the grading of the exams is fair to students because each response is ...

The number of elementary school students who received a zero on their state standardized essay test questions this spring increased by about 20% from last year. Among all third- to eighth-graders, ...