JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The grades are in! First Coast News is on your side examining the newest school grades just released by the Florida Department of Education.
This year Florida is using progress monitoring instead of end-of-the-year testing and the FDOE says because of that, bad grades this year do not have negative consequences.
Overall in Duval County twice as many schools received A's than D's or F's. In Duval County, 26 schools received A's and 13 schools received D's or F's.
The Duval County school district as a whole received a "B" this year, which is the same as last year. St. Johns, Clay and Nassau County school districts all received "A's." Putnam County's school district received a "C."
The FDOE says Florida is the first to use the new progress monitoring system, which is called Florida’s Assessment of Student Thinking (FAST). Because it's the first year using it, grades are meant to serve as a baseline. Consequences and learning gains return in the next school year.
"Schools and Districts will now use their 2022-23 baseline grades from the FAST assessment to make changes in instructional practices that will lead to better outcomes for students," the FDOE writes in the report.