The state Education Department has announced the release of an abbreviated school report card for the 2019-20 school year on account of the school disruptions caused by COVID-19. In my view, much could be edited from state report cards permanently, beginning with the misleading one-letter grade for schools that depends so much on standardized tests that measure income and family circumstances more than they measure school or student quality. The grade isn’t being included this year because testing was waived in the last school year. Advertisement Education Secretary Johnny Key insists this report still provides “valuable information that can be used to identify best practices and areas that need improvement.” Here are some tips for schools: Enroll as many middle-class kids as possible and try to hold down the number of impoverished, special needs and non-English-speaking students.