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Most School Grades Fall
July 9, 2016
The Florida Department of Education released school and districts grades Friday, and they generally fell across the board due to a new scoring system for leaning gains.
The Escambia County School District fell from a B in 2015 to a C for 2016. Last year, there were 14 A schools in Escambia County; that number fell to six this year.
Individual school grades are in the table below:
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11 Responses to “Most School Grades Fall”
Don’t you mean measuring “Learning” gains? Seems every school and those respective teachers were or should have been informed as to how learning gains would be measured. That said, please remember that a teacher cannot learn the student anything. Research has demonstrated over and over again that positive parental involvement is critical for successful student learning. Many I’m sure are aware of Dr. Ben Carson and his story of growing up and being educated. He is a good example where positive parental involvement produced stunning results. There are many other shining examples but the bottom line is that parents need to step up to the plate and guide and nurture their children in education and in positive behavior. If your going to have children then you must accept the responsibility of being a worthy parent. Don’t have children If that is too much responsibility for you.
The struggle is real in the classroom. For example, a student honesty believed that copying and pasting text from a powerpoint onto a word document was WORK and should’ve been given the same amount of credit as a student who wrote the notes and drew the diagrams into their notebook. If you think that nothing’s wrong with that, you’re just as much a part of the problem.
The request was denied.
People learn what matters to them.
David for valuing knowledge
America is in 39th place worldwide according to PISA. The only blessing the public schools had, they took it out a long time ago.
Re:Mary. The answer is yes it’s part parents about 99% their fault ,, And to go farther the teachers and principles can only do so much. If the kids don’t care they won’t learn. I have seen this to many times. It takes all to improve. And it starts at home with the parents .School is there to learn not to be a babysitter .teach your kids at home to want to improve their life and it will flow in the schools too
There are five failing elementary schools,,,FIVE. All predominantly African-American. So, what is the answer? Is it the parents fault? Principal? Teachers? Do we need special incentives to bring better teachers to those schools? A new superintendant? Obviously, HeadStart is worthless. Our county cannot continue…cannot afford to continue this pattern.
Oh, what we could say about this list. How about a volunteer for every student in a failing school? These children need help and one teacher cannot handle the load. School is not about new clothes and shoes and supplies, but these children do not understand this. When a 5yr old has no concept of what colors are, we are in serious trouble. God bless the teachers! They get blamed on all sides when news like this comes out.
Go Northview!
I never place any value on these evaluations because the criteria changes so often and at WHOSE DIRECTION I MIGHT ADD.If you want a true indicator of a school’s progress,talk to the students,parents,teachers,and staff of each individual school for a more accurate profile. From an PROUD ESCAMBIA COUNTY RETIRED EDUCATOR.
Common Core?
Great going teachers and staff of Bratt Elementary. It looks like about the only schools that do better are the charter schools that practice selective enrollment.