A bipartisan bill from two Ohio House lawmakers would once again overhaul the state鈥檚 report cards on its schools.
It scraps the letter grades after confusion over the previous rating system.
Rep. Don Jones (R-Freeport) said the bill he's proposing with Rep. Phil Robinson (D-Solon) replaces the A-F grades, which some called too simplistic, with designations Jones said more accurately represent what is happening in schools.
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Those designations would be based on performance in of graduation, achievement, progress, gap closing and the third-grade reading guarantee. They're modeled after designations in Massachusetts.
These designations may initially sound similar to those before the A-F grading system, which were:
- excellent with distinction
- excellent
- effective
- continuous improvement
- academic watch
- academic emergency
There were criticisms of those designations as too complicated, which led former Gov. John Kasich to push for the letter grade system to be instituted.
The support the change, saying "every school district is more than a letter grade" and that "this new system will create a transparent report card that informs students, parents, educators and communities". The .
The move to came after because their school buildings got failing grades.
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