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Monday, November 5, 2007

List of school grades

For those who are interested, here is the excel file with all the grades of schools released today. Update: here is an html version that should work in your browser.

But whether your child's school received an "A" or a "F", remember -- these grades are based 85% on one year's test scores alone . As such, experts say that the results are so unreliable as to be nothing more than a winning the lottery or a roll of the dice.

These grades are merely another simplistic, misleading attempt by this administration to look tough – and evade their own responsibility for the inadequacies of our schools.

More soon.

Update: here is the revised version, released Nov. 12, with one grade changed and some additional grades for schools that were "under review"