Houston County Schools Did Great In State Grading System - Ashford High Graduation Rate Is Great

Rickey Stokes

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Date: Oct 19 2019 12:25 AM

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HOUSTON COUNTY: The Houston County School System did great in the grades. Over the past three years the schools have improved each year.

Ashford High School graduated 96 out of every 100 students.

Great job to the Houston County Schools.

ALABAMA:

Alabama’s third annual school report card grades are out, and the news is good. As was the case with the last round of grades, there are more A’s and B’s, with fewer C’s, D’s, and F’s statewide.

While wealthy suburban schools and urban magnet schools topped the list with the highest scores, there were plenty of A’s earned by rural schools and schools with more than half of their students struggling with the challenges of poverty.

Gov. Kay Ivey, who is also president of the state school board, acknowledged the success shown by improved school and district grades but said there is always more to do to improve student outcomes.

“We can all agree that every Alabama student deserves the best educational opportunities, and any growth and achievement should be celebrated,” she wrote in a statement to AL.com.

“Even while strides are being taken to improve Alabama’s education system," Ivey continued, “more must be done so that our students and our teachers have the best chance at success. Localized efforts are driving the progress we are seeing here, but it remains my goal to see that happening all across the state.”

Friday morning’s release marks the earliest grades have been released since the law requiring letter grades for schools and districts was enacted. The information in the report card covers both the 2018-19 and 2017-18 school years.

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Critics of grading schools say education is too complicated to boil down to a single letter grade. Proponents say the single letter grade is something parents can easily understand.

The second round of letter grades for Alabama’s K-12 schools was released over the holiday break. Some education officials celebrated the grades, while others said nothing at all.

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