- November 23, 2024
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Florida Department of Education recently released school grades. These new grades represent a significant change in the way learning gains have traditionally been determined.
“Last year’s grades were the first grades issued under the Florida Standards Assessment (FSA),” Flagler Schools Superintendent Jacob Oliva said. “However, they did not measure learning gains or student growth. It was a new test, and the results could not be compared. Now we have two years of results and student growth can be measured for the first time.”
The new grades incorporate learning gains or student achievement and represent a more demanding formula for calculating these gains. In the past, if a student was “proficient” or a Level 3 or 4 one year and maintained that level the next year, that student achieved a learning gain for school grade purposes. This is no longer the case. For the school to receive credit for school grade purposes, the student must consistently improve, even when that student is already considered proficient or on grade level.
The Flagler School District maintained its “B” grade this year with the increase in rigor and difficulty of the new grading system, one of 16 districts maintaining that grade. Across the state 32 districts dropped a letter grade, with only 3 districts maintaining “A” status as compared to 22 districts the previous year.
Rymfire, Belle Terre and Wadsworth – B
Old Kings and Bunnell - C
Indian Trails Middle – B
Buddy Taylor Middle – C
Matanzas High School l – B
Flagler Palm Coast High School – C
iFlagler Virtual School – B
“We stand behind the hard work of our students, teachers, staff and administrators as they tackled these more rigorous standards from the current assessments,” Oliva said.” The state has raised the bar and Flagler Schools will meet the challenge.”
