{"id":1569,"date":"2011-09-19T13:23:16","date_gmt":"2011-09-19T17:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/?p=1569"},"modified":"2011-09-19T13:23:16","modified_gmt":"2011-09-19T17:23:16","slug":"florida-education-board-could-suggest-changing-school-ratings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2011\/09\/19\/florida-education-board-could-suggest-changing-school-ratings\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Education Board Could Suggest Changing School Ratings"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Florida Board of Education could recommend<\/a> lawmakers revise the state school performance system at a meeting tomorrow<\/a>.<\/p>\n

School districts have complained<\/a> the system sets higher standards for the state’s lowest-rated schools. For a low-rated school to pull itself off a watch list the district must improve more rapidly than other state districts.<\/p>\n

The result is that a district on a state watch list could earn a failing grade, school officials have said, while the same performance might earn another district a ‘C’.<\/p>\n

The recommendations trim the number of schools improvement categories to 4 from 6. Only schools earning an ‘F’ grade could be considered among the lowest-rated schools.<\/p>\n

The bill also eliminates the use of federal Adequate Yearly Progress standards. School districts have complained that AYP standards increase annually, forcing low-performing districts to hit a moving target to remove themselves from the watch list.<\/p>\n

Other items the board could add to its legislative recommendations:<\/p>\n