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Arizona unveils temporary plan for grading schools that ditched AzMerit testing

  • Brenna Bailey
  • Updated May 7, 2019

Arizona has decided how it will adapt its hotly debated A-F letter grading system to assess over a dozen school districts and charter systems …

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3 Tucson districts drop AZMerit in favor of college admission tests

  • Brenna Bailey
  • Updated Jun 21, 2021

The state’s move away from testing centralization could delegitimize the state’s A-F letter grading system.

3 Tucson school districts ditch AZMerit testing for high schoolers
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3 Tucson school districts ditch AZMerit testing for high schoolers

  • Brenna Bailey
  • Updated Apr 5, 2019

The state’s move away from testing centralization could delegitimize the state’s A-F letter grading system.

Several Tucson-area schools improve state-issued grades after appeal
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Several Tucson-area schools improve state-issued grades after appeal

  • Brenna Bailey
  • Updated Mar 4, 2019

A few schools were unsuccessful in their bids to change their rating for the better. 

Arizona school letter grades in limbo as board considers revisions, appeals
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Arizona school letter grades in limbo as board considers revisions, appeals

  • By Hank Stephenson Arizona Daily Star
  • Updated Jun 22, 2018

A committee has been charged with proposing revisions to the grading system.

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4 Tucson-area schools earn enough D's for 'failing' label

  • Alexis Huicochea and Jamar Younger Arizona Daily Star
  • Updated Aug 4, 2014

Four Tucson-area schools received their third successive D grades and are in danger of being labeled failing.

Benson edges out Vail in rankings
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Benson edges out Vail in rankings

  • Howard Fischer Alexis Huicochea Capitol Media Services Arizona Daily Star
  • Aug 2, 2013

PHOENIX - The top performing school district in the state got there by borrowing liberally from the ideas and concepts of its neighbor.

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