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Paradise Valley Schools explain Arizona letter grades and why small score differences can flip a rating
Summary
District representative Jessica Harrington explains how Arizona assigns school letter grades—built mostly on student growth, proficiency and absenteeism—and warns parents not to over-interpret small score differences. PV reports 53% of schools earned A's and 37% earned B's this year.
Jessica Harrington, speaking for Paradise Valley Unified School District, laid out how Arizona school letter grades are calculated and urged parents to use them as one of several tools when evaluating schools.
"A school letter grade kind of comprehensively measures a bunch of different factors," Harrington said, describing components including student growth, proficiency and chronic absenteeism. She said the state aggregates those point values into a single letter—A, B or C—and that A denotes "excellent" while B denotes…
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