DESPITE MORE RIGOROUS STANDARDS, MIAMI-DADE COUNTY
PUBLIC SCHOOLS’ PERFORMANCE EXCEL

MIAMI – Today the Florida Department of Education released the School Performance Grades for elementary, K-8, middle schools, and eight senior high schools.  Schools in Miami-Dade County received more “A” and “B” grades despite the special challenges faced by this district, a decline in funding, new standards, and a more rigorous assessment and equated scores.  
 
The overall performance of Miami-Dade County Public Schools showed improvement from 2009-10 to 2010-11. Highlights include:

• The number of schools receiving School Performance Grades of “A” and “B” increased, and the number receiving a grade of “F” decreased in 2010-11.
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• The number of schools receiving “F” grades in Miami-Dade County Public Schools was reduced by 50 percent.  The number of schools statewide receiving an “F” was reduced by only 35 percent.
  
  
• Less than one percent of the traditional M-DCPS schools received School Performance Grades of “F,” as compared to three percent of the charter schools.
  
  
• Over 82 percent of all the schools in the District improved or maintained their School Grade for 2011.
  
  
• 80 percent of the District’s senior high schools received FCAT-component points in the highest point range used to determine Differentiated Accountability (DA) status.         
  

Individual school performance grade results are available on the District website at: http://oada.dadeschools.net.

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