Change in N.M. School Rating System Stirs Debate
The New Mexico board of education has voted to change its new school rating system by lowering a test-score cutoff, a move that allowed more than 100 schools to escape the lowest rating of "probationary."
In the face of criticism that they were lowering the achievement bar, board members were quick to point out that the change will be in effect for only one year. They also argued that the revision was made necessary by recent revelations that several types of data that board members considered crucial to a fair appraisal were going to be unavailable.
New Mexico's newly expanded and revamped rating system, portrayed at its June unveiling "as an important academic accountability tool," places schools into four categories: "exemplary," "exceeds standards,"...
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