“High schools traditionally have used the credit system, but the elementary and middle grades have not,” said Chris Eftychiou, district spokesperson. “Moving to credit/no credit grading will benefit ...

About 90 percent of a K-8 school’s letter grade is based on state testing results: 30% is based on the number of students at schools with proficient scores on AzMERIT tests, 50% is based on ...

Imagine Superstition Middle and Step Up School. The State Board of Education notes that while letter grades are "important considerations" for parents when selecting a school, they're not the only ...

Schools have a lot riding on test scores. School letter grades, under the state's controversial letter-grading system, are largely decided by test scores, and high-achieving schools get extra ...

Los Angeles Unified Superintendent Austin Beutner announced Monday that the number of middle school and high school students receiving ... State law doesn’t require districts to go back to letter ...