A-F Changes Coming In House Bill
Oklahoma House passes bill changing A-F grading system
The bill is intended to lessen the effect of the lowest 25 percent of test scores on an Oklahoma school’s grade.
By Michael McNutt | Published: March 5, 2013
The Oklahoma House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a bill Tuesday intended to improve the state’s A-F grading system for public schools, which has drawn criticism from school administrators since the first grades were issued last year.
House Bill 1658 would lessen the effect of the lowest 25 percent of test scores on a school’s A-F grade and should improve a district’s score, said Rep. Lee Denney, the measure’s author.
“Lower achieving students need to be counted, but not three times,” said Denney, R-Cushing. Reading and mathematics tests of the lowest 25th percentile of students in a school district would be counted among the entire school’s improvement if the measure becomes law, she said.