WORCESTER ― The Worcester School Committee pressed pause on a change to the way the district grades and evaluates high school students, holding off on adopting a mastery-based grading policy during a ...

Classes won’t be graded with the traditional letter grade system, but rather with just a simple pass or incomplete.

Beaverton School District uses the system across all grade levels. “In a standards-based grading system, teachers break down broad academic goals into specific learning skills and targets.

Annually, St. Joseph has added grade levels participating in the new grading system, including kindergarten through third grade during the 2023-24 school year.

The city’s public-school system will use a looser grading policy to cover the spring’s shift to remote learning. Children in kindergarten through fifth grades will be promoted to the next ...