Each school is graded based on the components for which it has sufficient data School grades provide an easily understandable way to measure the performance of a school . Parents and the general public can use the school grade and its components to understand how well each school is serving its students . Schools are graded A , B , C , D , or F . Components : In 2016-17 , a school ’ s grade may include up to eleven components . There are four achievement components , four learning gains components , a middle school acceleration component , as well as components for graduation rate and college and career acceleration . Each component is worth up to 100 points in the overall calculation . Four Achievement Components : The four achievement components are English Language Arts ( ELA ), Mathematics , Science , and Social Studies . These components include student performance on statewide standardized assessments ,

2017 School Grades Overview including the comprehensive assessments and end-of-course ( EOC ) assessments . The component measures the percentage of full-year enrolled students who achieved a passing score . Four Learning Gains Components : These components are learning gains in English Language Arts and Mathematics , as well as learning gains for the lowest performing 25 % of students in English Language Arts and Mathematics . These components include student performance on statewide standardized assessments including the comprehensive assessments and EOC assessments for the current year and the prior year . The components measure the percentage of full year enrolled students who achieved a learning gain from the prior year to the current year . Middle School Acceleration : This component is based on the percentage of eligible students who passed a high school level EOC assessment or industry certification . Graduation Rate : The graduation rate is based

on an adjusted cohort of ninth grade students and the rate measures whether the students graduate within four years . College and Career Acceleration : This component is based on the percentage of graduates from the graduation rate cohort who earned a score on an acceleration examination ( AP , IB , or AICE ) or a grade in a dual enrollment course that qualified students for college credit or earned an industry certification . School Grades Calculation : The number of points earned for each component is added together and divided by the total number of available points to determine the percentage of points earned . School Grading Scale : A = 62 % of points or greater , B = 54 % to 61 % of points , C = 41 % to 53 % of points , D = 32 % to 40 % of points , F = 31 % of points or less Percent Tested : Schools must test 95 % of their students .

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By Charlene Crowell ( Communications Director , Center for Responsible Lending ) Civil rights leaders and Capitol Hill lawmakers are standing up and speaking out against a recent Department of Education ( DOE ) decision to sever its working relationship with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ( CFPB ). In separate and independent actions , Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and staff are being challenged and corrected as to its understanding of a sole office having complete authority and enforcement regarding the nation ’ s student

Besty DeVos loans . As readers may recall , an earlier column reported on an August 31 advisory by the Department of Education ’ s decision to formally end two Memorandums of Understanding ( MOUs ) that guided Education ’ s working relationship with CFPB . The first MOU detailed how DOE would share information with CFPB . The second detailed how the two agencies would cooperate on supervisory oversight , the process that has led to multiple million dollar settlements for fraud and other legal violations . For CFPB , the correspondence was an unexpected 30-day cancellation notice . It was also one that affects more than 40 million consumers , who together owe $ 1.4 trillion in a combination of federal and private student loan debt . Among Black students who used student loans to finance a bachelor ’ s degree , the burden of debt is disproportionate . Four years following graduation , they owe almost double the amount of their white classmates , according to research by the Center for Responsible Lending ( CRL ). Since then , reactions have ranged from questioning the advisability as to why DOE would cut its ties to CFPB , to outright challenges to the agency ’ s knowledge and interpretation of applicable federal laws . For example , 10 members of the Congressional Black Caucus joined with other Capitol Hill lawmakers in a bicameral effort that See Law MakersCONTIN-

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