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No more extra credit? Schools rethink approaches to grades

High school senior Helene Trujillo poses for a photo in the theater at Las Cruces High School on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, in Las Cruces, N.M. Trujillo said having at least one of her teachers be flexible with deadlines and revisiting lessons has helped her feel less "suffocated." A growing number of schools now are becoming more deliberate about eliminating bias from grading systems as a result of lessons from the pandemic and the nation's broad reckoning with issues of racial injustice following years of advocacy for "equitable grading." (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio) High school senior Helene Trujillo poses for a long exposure photo in a hallway at Las Cruces High School on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, in Las Cruces, N.M. Trujillo said having at least one of her teachers be flexible with deadlines and revisiting lessons has helped her feel less "suffocated." A growing number of schools now are becoming more deliberate about eliminating bias from grading systems as a result of lessons from the pandemic and the nation's broad reckoning with issues of racial injustice following years of advocacy for "equitable grading." (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio) High school senior Helene Trujillo poses for a photo in the theater at Las Cruces High School on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, in Las Cruces, N.M. Trujillo said having at least one of her teachers be flexible with deadlines and revisiting lessons has helped her feel less "suffocated." A growing number of schools now are becoming more deliberate about eliminating bias from grading systems as a result of lessons from the pandemic and the nation's broad reckoning with issues of racial injustice following years of advocacy for "equitable grading." (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)