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 ...

Competency-based education, proficiency-based learning, mastery-based learning, personalized learning, student-centered education, and standards-based education are all terms that refer to the same ...

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 ...

Ken O'Connor has been in Nebraska enough that he can easily quote Education Commissioner Doug Christensen on standard-based education. "I've heard Doug Christensen say, 'Standards change everything.