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catbyte

(35,897 posts)
Wed May 24, 2023, 09:25 AM May 2023

Michigan public schools won't be given A-F grades anymore

Story by By JOEY CAPPELLETTI, Associated Press • Yesterday 12:49 PM

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan will ditch a system that gave A-through-F grades to public schools each year after state education officials called the system overly simplistic and a duplicate of federal requirements.

The Michigan School Grades System, which was narrowly passed in 2018 by the Republican-led Legislature, assigned each public school in Michigan letter grades and rankings based on the school's annual performance in five categories.

It was repealed under legislation signed Monday by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who said in a statement it added “burdensome requirements” to schools.

The grading system had received bipartisan pushback since it was pushed through in 2018 during a 17-hour lame duck session by the GOP-led Legislature and Republican former Gov. Rick Snyder. The Michigan Department of Education, who creates the rankings each year, said it was “not necessary,” due to other assessments already in place.

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Michigan public schools won't be given A-F grades anymore (Original Post) catbyte May 2023 OP
Bubba might get to play football after all, you know. flying_wahini May 2023 #1
It's the schools that have been given grades, not students. catbyte May 2023 #2
Lol. The schools not the students. jimfields33 May 2023 #3

catbyte

(35,897 posts)
2. It's the schools that have been given grades, not students.
Wed May 24, 2023, 09:30 AM
May 2023

It gave the MIGQP an excuse to penalize poorer (i.e. minority) districts. It was unfair, and I'm glad it's gone.

jimfields33

(19,218 posts)
3. Lol. The schools not the students.
Wed May 24, 2023, 09:33 AM
May 2023

But wait. That might be next. Got rid of testing to get into college. Grades are next. Heck some schools got rid of ranking students. How a college can pick students today is a mystery.

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