Indiana schools’ 2018 A-F grades were released Wednesday, and most schools have two grades this year.
One grade is the usual annual rating from the state, which is mainly based on test scores and how much scores improve. These ratings can trigger intervention for schools receiving F grades several years in a row.
The other grade, which is new this year, comes from new federal standards under the Every Student Succeeds Act. This rating looks at how public schools serve students of color, students from low-income families, English learners, and students with disabilities.
The state measured schools more generously than the federal standards: Nearly two-thirds of schools received As or Bs under the Indiana system. About a third of schools received a higher letter grade in the state system than under federal standards.
Read more: How many Indiana schools got As in 2018? Depends if state or feds are doing the grading.
Most schools didn’t see a change in their state grade from last year, a trend that continues because test scores remain largely stagnant.
New schools and schools that join the Indianapolis Public Schools innovation network can opt to be graded by the state for three years based only on how much their test scores improve — a measure known as growth — without factoring in passing rates.
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