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MOST MIAMI-DADE SCHOOLS EARN 'A' MAJORITY OF SCHOOLS GARNER TOP TWO GRADES MIAMI – For the first time since the State of Florida began issuing school accountability grades, most schools in Miami-Dade County Public Schools have earned an A. Fifty-three percent of Miami-Dade’s schools – 179 out of 328 receiving grades Wednesday – received an A based on their students’ performance on the 2006 Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test this spring. That improved on the 2005 result of 46 percent of schools graded with an A. In addition, the percentage of schools receiving the state’s top two grades for at least three consecutive years rose to 50 percent for the first time. In all, 73 percent of the District’s schools earned an A or B in 2006, compared to just 6 percent receiving a D or F this year. Eighty-seven schools had higher grades in 2006 than in 2005, including 59 percent of middle schools (37 schools). The number of schools with higher grades in 2006 more than doubled the number with lower grades. Twenty-two of the 39 schools that have extended school days and a longer school year through the School Improvement Zone raised their letter grades. Two of four schools that were receiving extra attention this school year due to F grades in 2005 – Holmes Elementary and Homestead Senior High – rose to grades of C and D, respectively. The other two schools – Miami Central Senior High and Miami Edison Senior High – registered 14- and 20-point increases in the state’s scoring system, but fell short of the cutoff score for D by two and four points, respectively. The District has appealed the grades for Central and for Westview Middle School due to the unavailability of 2005 FCAT data from the middle school. ### 06-LJG-243 |
