Editor’s note: Eighth in a series evaluating and grading every player that was on the Jazz’s final 2022-23 roster. I have to admit that it’s been difficult to evaluate Talen Horton-Tucker this year. I ...

A nything Harvard College does draws attention. So it was no surprise that a recent report arguing that undergraduate grading practices are “out of whack,” as one professor put it, got a lot of buzz.

Grades are a well-established part of the K-12 education system that, in most school districts, play a decisive role in students’ academic standing. But what goes into the single letter or number that ...