DESE sends A-F district grading framework to Kehoe for approval
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has sent its proposed “A-F” grading system for school districts to the governor’s office.
A Tuesday release from DESE says this submission responds to an executive order signed in January. The release says DESE will give annual grades for districts, school and charter schools.
“The goal for the A–F school grading framework is to provide families and communities with a simple, comparable, and rigorous picture of school performance,” DESE Interim Commissioner of Education Stacey Preis is quoted in the release.
Kindergarten through eighth grade will have “student academic achievement, value-added growth, and growth toward proficiency in English Language Arts (ELA), literacy, mathematics, and science,” the release says. High school grades will include “student academic achievement and value-added growth in ELA, mathematics, and science, as well as Success Ready Graduate measures and four-year graduation rate,” the release says.