from the Orlando Sentinel School Zone
by Leslie Postal
Florida released its first-ever school district rankings this week and will follow that up with individual school rankings this Monday.
The state’s superintendents association said in an email this evening that it expects the new school rankings at the start of the school week.
Education Commissioner Gerard Robinson said Monday that the individual school rankings would be out soon, listing Florida’s more than 3,000 schools within the categories of elementary, middle and high.
The Florida Association of District School Superintendents doesn’t like the rankings because they don’t take into account the “variables that affect student achievement.” Those variables can include poverty and a first language other than English.
State Sen. Bill Montford, D-Tallahassee, the association’s executive director, told superintendents in a memo that he and key superintendents had shared those concersn with top DOE officials — but to no avail, so far.
That means the ranking of schools will be based on a formula that takes into account only student success on various FCAT exams.
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_education_edblog/2012/01/school-rankings-coming-monday-superintendents-say.html
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