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State Board of Education will reconsider new school grading system
Facing a barrage of questions and criticism, the State Board of Education voted Monday to take another look at its new system for grading schools.
We have made Arizona teachers ‘test prep robots,’ ‘slaves to the test’
AzMERIT scores are in, and schools are being issued grades based on how their students performed on a test taken six months ago that measured math and English language skills. Teachers across the state are running for cover, hoping and praying their students fared well on these high stakes tests. Some will celebrate while others will wonder if they will lose their jobs. But all still must teach.
School performance data public record, must be disclosed, AG says
The Arizona Department of Education released school letter grades today, despite earlier attempts to keep them secret until a later date.
