As achievement falls, the "honesty gap" grows.

Passing special-ed students along with high grades and a diploma -- but no effective instruction --doesn't do them any favors.

Parents overestimate how well their children are doing in school.

Teenagers are working less and earning higher grades. Everybody's "phoning it in."

Taking AP Calculus is almost obligatory for students applying for top colleges, even if they aren't interested in math or science majors.

A deaf student with 3rd-4th-grade reading and math skills was given high grades and a diploma, ending special-ed services.

Cheating is common for college students. Many think A is the only acceptable grade.

Grading may be stressful, writes George Leef on the Martin Center for Academic Renewal. It may deliver unwelcome news to students or...

Most grades don't match students' test scores, according to the Equitable Grading Project.

Grade inflation soared when learning went remote, writes Amber Northern. Lax requirements to turn in work, fewer graded assignments, and...

Advanced Placement scores were released this week, and they're higher than ever. But not necessarily because students are learning more....

Yale is not “being honest about the reality of our admissions process” because the university is “denying 98 percent of the students who...

At Harvard and other elite universities, students spend more time and energy on resume-polishing extracurriculars than classwork.

Many college students don't do the work -- perhaps because they have trouble reading and understanding college-level texts.

It's easier to get A's and harder to get an education, writes Fordham's Michael Petrilli. Expectations started falling and grades...

It's time to dump college admissions essays, writes Matthew Levey on The 74. Test scores and good grades in challenging courses are...

Trenace Dorsey-Hollins asked why her daughter received "emerging" (the lowest level) on her first-grade report card for a skill she'd...

"Equitable grading" isn't a strategy to inflate grades and lower expectations, argues Joe Feldman, author of Grading for Equity and CEO...

Dartmouth will require applicants to submit standardized test scores such as the SAT or ACT, ending a long "pandemic pause," reports...

Want equity? Require college applicants to submit SAT or ACT scores, writes David Leonhardt in the New York Times. The progressives' "war...