Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For high school students, grade point average is often a major focal point -- a barometer of their academic success. GPA is a ...

FAIRFIELD — While most agreed the Fairfield City Schools grading scale was in need of change, some are crying fowl at the new scale, saying it gives incentive for Advanced Placement students to take ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When it comes to grade-point average in college, it may seem similar to high school, but the stakes are higher with financial aid, ...

New Albany-Plain Local leaders have changed the grading scale, effective this school year, for middle school and high school students. Marcy Raymond, the middle school co-principal who was director of ...

CALCUTTA — Concern over Beaver Local’s grading scale and whether or not it’s hurting average students was brought to the attention of the school board by a father and school psychologist. Ron Hockman, ...

Though grading scales that combine A-‘s and B+’s into AB’s appear to be a relatively good in theory, the actual application of this system here at University of Wisconsin usually results in unbalanced ...

HANOVER COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A group of parents in Hanover County are pushing for the school system to switch to a 10-point grading scale. They say the current seven-point scale is outdated and puts ...

UPPER DUBLIN >> Grading and GPA scales, course selection, student placement, and elementary science curriculum changes headlined at the school board’s education committee meeting Monday night. To ...

MILFORD >> School administrators have decided to revise the high school grade point average scale beginning next school year. The aim of the revision is to keep students competitive with those in ...

School is back in session and Center Grove middle school students are piloting a new grading scale. District officials are implementing a revised 14-point grading process for grades six through eight ...

School is in full swing, so I thought I'd look at a topic that seems unresolved from last year's School Board agenda. Should the Portsmouth school district continue to grade students on the 7-point ...

For high school students, grade point average is often a major focal point — a barometer of their academic success. GPA is a factor in class rank, college admissions, scholarship eligibility and more; ...