SARATOGA SPRINGS >> For generations of educators, families and primary school students, a grade has meant a single letter or number grade: “Lee is an A student; Alex got a 60 on the math test ...

Templates of the new report cards were sent ... Perhaps the biggest change is that the new fall report card is now called a progress report card, and it does away with letter grades.

As a novel move, the National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has now brought forward a brand new concept of a "holistic" report ... the Holistic Progress Card has been ...