Article by Sean Anderson The New, Advanced Grade bookRecently, we have made considerable changes to the grade-book. The new changes include better support for standards-based grading, added support for commenting, and a redesigned Traditional Editing Mode.Why Were the Changes Made?Many of you are probably wondering why we made the changes. They were made to better accommodate teachers, and make our grade-book more user-friendly. The current trend in many public schools is a switch towards standards-based grading, and we wanted to make sure our teachers could easily use and adapt standards as their primary grading mode. Furthermore, we wanted to improve the usability on the Traditional Editing Mode, especially for teachers with many assignments and students. Read-on to learn more about these new features.Standards-Based GradingStandards-based grading was originally introduced into GPA Teacher in April 2009. But, as requested by many teachers, we have updated our grade-book to support standards-based grading in ...