{"id":348,"date":"2005-06-12T21:19:15","date_gmt":"2005-06-13T01:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shermandorn.com\/wordpress\/?p=348"},"modified":"2005-06-12T21:19:15","modified_gmt":"2005-06-13T01:19:15","slug":"florida-school-grades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shermandorn.com\/?p=348","title":{"rendered":"Florida school grades"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week, the Florida Department of Education released its assignment of letter grades to Florida schools. There’s plenty of discussion in Florida’s newspapers about various things, but I don’t think anyone has looked at the grades vis-a-vis the hardest-hit counties from last fall’s hurricanes. Here’s what I noticed:<\/p>\n

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And yes, for some reason, you have to scroll down…<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
In Escambia, Polk,
\nor St. Lucie county?<\/th>\n		Maintained or improved
\nschool grade<\/th>\n		Decreased school grade<\/th>\nProportion decreased<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
All schools<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Escambia, Polk,
\nor St. Lucie<\/th>\n		154<\/td>\n43<\/td>\n22%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Other counties<\/th>\n1967<\/td>\n460<\/td>\n19%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Elementary schools<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Escambia, Polk,
\nor St. Lucie<\/th>\n		87<\/td>\n34<\/td>\n28%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Other counties<\/th>\n1185<\/td>\n296<\/td>\n20%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middle schools<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Escambia, Polk,
\nor St. Lucie<\/th>\n		33<\/td>\n4\n<\/td>\n11%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Other counties<\/th>\n393<\/td>\n75\n<\/td>\n16%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
High schools<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Escambia, Polk,
\nor St. Lucie<\/th>\n		25<\/td>\n3\n<\/td>\n11%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Other counties<\/th>\n275<\/td>\n61<\/td>\n18%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Note: The analysis excludes schools that are missing grades for either 2004 or 2005. The top part of the table includes schools with other grade configurations. (Thanks to my spouse for pointing out I had the numbers reversed the first time I put this up.)
\nSource: Florida School Grades web site<\/a>
\nThis is rather curious indeed, and I’m not sure what to make of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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