Zeroing In on the Impact of Grading Standards: Investigating Grading Policies as Levers of Equity and Achievement

Daniel Goldhaber and Maia Goodman Young will examine how efforts to relax grading standards are shaping children’s educational outcomes. They will assess how the so-called “no-zeros” grading policy—which prevents teachers from giving grades below a certain threshold on exams, assignments, and courses—affects student academic achievement and course-taking. The project’s findings will appear in a series of papers and a policy brief.