The Conversation U.S.<p>British Columbia has gotten rid of letter grades for students in Kindergarten up to grade 9: “Proficiency scale assessment regards learning as ongoing, whereas the letter grade and percentages system viewed learning as an event with a definite end.”</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/why-b-c-has-ended-letter-grades-for-students-in-kindergarten-to-grade-9-209937" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/why-b-c-ha</span><span class="invisible">s-ended-letter-grades-for-students-in-kindergarten-to-grade-9-209937</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/edumastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>edumastodon</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/grades" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grades</span></a></p>