WITH GOV. DESANTIS’ FLORIDA BOARD OF ED, AN “A” MEANS STUDENT ASSESSMENT SCORES WERE AT LEAST IN THE 60’s. You Read That Correctly.
BY: EDUCATION DESK | BocaNewsNow.com
BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2024 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — The Palm Beach County School District is now an “A” rated school district, according to the State of Florida Department of Education. We note that you should interpret the grade as you see fit — much like the Florida Department of Education. Turns out an “A” is awarded to districts where students achieve 62 percent or higher on statewide assessment tests for elementary school, and 64 percent or higher for Middle and High School. In very few places is a grade in the 60s considered an “A,” but this is Florida.
Here’s the announcement from the Palm Beach County School District:
The School District of Palm Beach County achieves an “A” rating for the 2023-2024 school year, according to today’s announcement by the Florida Department of Education. The School District of Palm Beach County increased its overall ranking among other school districts statewide. School districts and individual public schools receive letter grades from the Florida Department of Education based on several factors including student performance on state tests, graduation rates, and student performance on advanced coursework.
In recent years, Superintendent Michael J. Burke and the School Board have: Prioritized phonics instruction, Enhanced efforts to prepare incoming kindergarteners, Increased enrollment in more rigorous and advanced coursework (including Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, Dual Enrollment, and Cambridge Advanced International Certificate of Education), Supported more career and technical education, and Enhanced Choice programming from elementary to high school.
“Today’s announcement underscores the dedication of Palm Beach County’s families, teachers, administrators, support staff, and community members to educating, affirming and inspiring our students,” said Superintendent Burke. “I’m especially proud of our students who put in the hard work to achieve this coveted ‘A’ rating. With the highest graduation rate among Florida’s largest urban school districts and an ‘A’ rating, Palm Beach County schools remain ‘Your Best Choice’ for students and families in Palm Beach County.”
Notable Accomplishments for the 2023-2024 School Year 59 schools improved one or more letter grade.
131 schools earned an “A” or “B” grade, which is the highest total number of schools to be “A” or “B” rated in the last five years. The Glades Region reached an unprecedented level of student achievement. Two schools, Plumosa School of the Arts and K. E. Cunningham/Canal Point Elementary School, increased two letter grades.
Earlier this summer, the Florida Department of Education also released the 2023-2024 school year assessment results. The School District of Palm Beach County students achieved academic gains in almost all tested subject areas, especially Algebra 1, which saw the largest increase in growth among the seven largest school districts in the state. The District also saw an increase in the percentage of students scoring level 3 or higher in grades 3 to 10 combined for English Language Arts at a higher rate than the state.
60s is barely passing how can that be an a????
Public schools have been a joke for decades, Florida and nationwide. In the industrialized world, we spend more per student on education and get the worst results. You can thank the Department of Education when it became its own Federal Department in the 1970s. K-12 became de facto institutionalized day care, then kids are sent off to college with no career prospects and amass debt. It’s gotten better after standardized test reform and especially the end of the pandemic, but there’s a long way to go and might be better off starting from scratch.
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