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Both districts saw fewer A schools

The grades for 2022-23 are the first to remove high-stakes testing in favor of progress monitoring. So the first-year scores are used as a baseline.

School grades for the 2022-23 school year were released by the Florida Department of Education on Monday with Collier County posting the only 'A' grade among Southwest Florida districts.As a part of Florida’s first-in-the-nation transition to using progress monitoring instead of traditional high stakes testing, grades for the 2022-2023 school year serve as a baseline and carry no negative consequences.

Escambia County Public Schools maintained a district-wide grade of "B" for the 2022-2023 school year, while Santa Rosa County maintained an "A" grade.

Florida's Department of Education releases school grades for 2022-23 school year. See where Volusia, Flagler schools stand.

The grades are out for schools and school districts across Florida.

The presentation said 32% of students in the group performed at or above grade level; Black and biracial students performing at or above grade level were included in the assembly.

While acknowledging the impact of Hurricane Ian on schools and classrooms, Lee County School Board members recently asked for a comparison to tests and testing

Lee County students continue to lag behind in English Language Arts, according to recent data from the new Florida Assessment of Student Thinking — FAST — s

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