White County School Director Sees More Problems Coming With Grades
White County Director of Schools said he can see multiple issues with the state’s new school letter grade system. Schools will be assigned letter grades in the coming days with a public announcement set for December. Director Kurt Dronebarger said he is concerned with how the letter grades could affect public perception. “There are conspiracies […]
King Concerned About School Letter Grade Criteria Revealed
The state has revealed the criteria it will use to assign schools letter grades, but Putnam County’s Director of Schools said the reveal came with more concerns. The state will grade schools annually based on four separate indicators: overall success rate for achievement, overall growth, growth for the lowest-performing 25 percent of students and a […]
Putnam School Director Appointed To State Grading Group; Tight Deadline
Putnam County Schools Director Corby King appointed to the Tennessee Department of Education’s School Letter Grades Working Group. The purpose of the group is to review publicly submitted comments and make recommendations on how the calculations for each letter grade for schools will be decided. Two meetings have already happened, the third is scheduled for […]
