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Unsurprisingly, today's release of controversial "A-F" report cards has been delayed

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A-F report card release has been delayed.

By Andrew W. Griffin

Red Dirt Report, editor

Posted: October 8, 2012

reddirtreporter@gmail.com

OKLAHOMA CITY – As we suspected, the State Board of Education’s A-F Grading System report cards will not be released today as first announced.

The report cards were to be featured on this website at 1:30 p.m. today. But that deadline came and went and it was soon being reported, as noted by KTOK.com for instance, that “The State Board of Education tabled a vote on the acceptance of the report cards until the October 25th full board meeting.

As we reported Sunday, many school systems throughout Oklahoma are not happy with the new A-F grading system and many were hoping for a delay. As Ryan Owens, executive director of Oklahoma’s United Suburban Schools Association told Red Dirt Report: “We’re not against accountability. We want to work with them.”

But Owens also noted that State Superintendent Janet Barresi and the State Department of Education has not been working alongside educators on this new law, passed by the legislature in 2011, and mirroring a similar – but flawed – program in Florida.

Said Owens: “Why not talk to educators? It just blows my mind.”

We hope to have more on this story in coming days.

Copyright 2012 Red Dirt Report

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Paul Preston Oct 09, 2012
This is what happens when you federalize the public schools. Obama has two accomplishments to his credit: Obama Care and through Race to the Top the federalization of public schools. As you can see from the article the locals are left out of the decision making process. Paul Preston The Inside Education Show www.edtalkradio.com paul@edtalkradio.com
Redscout Oct 08, 2012
All schools are currently graded on a very complex system that covers many areas of education, attendance, dropout rate, impovement , and testing results, these are avaiable at the state school board, but it would be very difficult for someone to try and compare school perfomance from these scores
will irwin Oct 08, 2012
Funny, the schools say they are not against accountability, but I have never heard a shool district or teacher or administrator propose a system of accountability they will support. If you know of one, please direct me to it.