Plan To Assign Letter Grades To Schools Approved
Change Coming Despite Teacher Disapproval
POSTED: 9:10 am EDT May 6, 2010
INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana schools will receive letter grades starting next year based on how well students do taking standardized tests.The State Board of Education approved new rules Wednesday for the A-to-F scale replacing the more complicated category names now used to label a school's performance.Hundreds of teachers, principals and parents opposed the change at a recent public hearing, saying it would punish schools with more difficult-to-educate students.State schools superintendent Tony Bennett said the new system will give the public a clear picture of how schools are performing."People don't understand the current system," he said. "We must have a transparent, easy-to-understand measure for parents, for community members, for educators."The current system puts schools into categories such as "academic watch" or "academic progress."
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