School Grades

The Florida Department of Education released the 2023-24 school grades report this week. One of the highlights for the greater Tampa Bay region was Pinellas County's first districtwide A in two decades of reports.

It's the first grades issued after the Florida Board of Education replaced the Florida Standards Assessment with progress monitoring, in which public school students in grades 3 through 10 are tested three times a year.

The Jefferson County School District has submitted a plan to the state to retake control of its public schools. But that deal came with several conditions—including giving Jefferson one school year to raise the district’s grade from an F to a C.

When the state released school grades recently, 20 in Manatee County received an A, and for one school in Palmetto, that score signified a jump of three…

An Indiana report has found that school grading formula changes former Florida Education Commissioner Tony Bennett made in 2012 while the elected…

Two 2016 presidential horse race stories posit that former Gov. Jeb Bush’s stock is down following the recent resignation of Education Commissioner Tony…

Florida school grades will drop by no more than a single letter grade this year after the State Board of Education approved temporary changes to the…

Hillsborough County Classroom Teachers Association president Jean Clements says dual efforts to toughen Florida's school grading system and approve a law…

Florida's Board of Education is meeting tomorrow to debate changing the state's school grading system. The proposal has drawn criticism from educators and…