In most subjects, grading is a simple matter of what’s missing. If students have a math or history test on Wednesday, studying the material—applicable formulae in math and the contexts surrounding ...

Public schools would get more credit for their students' academic growth under a bill that the House approved Tuesday. Schools started receiving A-F letter grades this year based on the performance of ...

The Volusia County school district’s latest bind — one School Board Chairman Carl Persis called a “crisis” — started, as many do, with an unexplained mandate from Tallahassee. State officials ordered ...

Some state lawmakers are pushing a bill that would reshape how the state grades and funds your child’s school district.

The formula, proposed to the state Board of Education by Department of Education officials at a work session on Thursday, will utilize achievement, growth and readiness as its three primary tenants.

The Senate Education Committee on Thursday filed a key bill that will allow lawmakers to tweak the controversial school grading formula. SPB 7060 is pretty much identical to state Education ...

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For months, parents, principals and policy makers have lodged the same complaint: Florida’s school grading system has become so complex, it is virtually meaningless. On Tuesday, state Education ...

TALLAHASSEE — After a week of controversy gave way to an emotional public meeting, the state Board of Education on Tuesday softened plans to revamp the school grading formula. Superintendents, ...