Fairfax County schools will allow students to retake tests for full credit and will add a D-minus to their grading scale as the district and others try to rethink how to measure student performance.

Kids sat shoulder-to-shoulder as they worked through an English language arts assignment at Dodson Elementary School on a sunny morning in early June. They were tasked with circling two-syllable words ...

Arlington Public Schools in Virginia is proposing a plan that would enable middle and high school students to retake or redo certain assignments and reduce the weight that homework has on a student’s ...