Avoiding Unintended Consequences in GRADING REFORM: Before we enact grading reforms, let's understand why the policies we're scuttling were adopted in the first place.

EDUCATION policy; GRADING of students; CHESTERTON, G. K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-1936; EDUCATIONAL change

The article offers information related to changes in educational policies. Topics discussed include changes to long-established grading practices in schools and districts across the U.S., continuing debate on using percentage scores rather than grades, consequences of grading practices on students' work and how people react to those grades, and British author G. K. Chesterton's perspective on education policy.