After roughly a decade of assigning letter grades to each public K-12 school in the state, Utah lawmakers are doing away with it.
Educators had also long believed that the grades didn’t show actual strengths or weaknesses, but rather reflected challenges a school faced based on demographics. Schools with higher populations of English language learners or those with more students in lower socioeconomic households often are awarded lower grades, noted Sen. Kathleen Riebe, D-Cottonwood Heights and an educator in Granite School District.Even Senate President Stuart Adams, R-Layton, voted in favor of the bill.
That included a look at how many students were meeting proficiency levels for testing in math, science and reading. There were growth marks for how those scores compared to the previous year, too. “School choice will replace need for that kind of transparency,” countered Sandall, suggesting parents have the option in Utah to take their children to any school they want, even if it’s outside the boundaries where they live.Sandall and others encouraged parents to talk to their neighbors about what schools are best.
The dashboard, though, is run independently by the Utah State Board of Education, which has given no indication that it will not continue to provide and update it. And the bill doesn’t dismantle that, Sandall said. It also has a line that says a measurement and report on each school will continue in some form.
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