Schools are finally realizing if you don’t have standards-based grading you really do not have a standards-based education.

No More A’s for Good Behavior – NYTimes.com 

This seems like something that should have been figured out some time ago, that grading and assessing mastery is more important that deportment and compliance. Maybe this is the first step to identifying kids whose lack of compliance — missed homework, inattention — is due to their not being challenged.Â