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On Tuesday, lawmakers in Olympia will discuss a bill that would assign each of the state's public schools a letter grade based on performance. (AP Photo/file)

Should schools be graded just like their students?

BY KIRO Radio Staff  on January 29, 2013 @ 1:30 pm (Updated: 1:39 pm - 1/29/13 )

Your kids get graded, so why not their schools?

On Tuesday, lawmakers in Olympia will discuss a bill that would assign each of the state's public schools a letter grade based on performance.

"I want parents to know that my child attends a "B" school, but down the street there is an "A" school," says Rep. Cathy Dahlquist.

Senate Bill 5328 would reward schools who have higher letter grades. Schools with a good grade would get more control over their money and teachers would be eligible for bonuses.

"If you're an "A" school, you should be recognized and rewarded for good behavior and really good results," says Dahlquist. "To me it's all about what's best for students and student outcomes."

The system will only apply to charter schools if they opt in.

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  • imanegro wrote...
    No
    January 29, 2013 3:47 pm
    According to teachers, we should judge anyone by what they know. Maybe we can judge the schools by how many kids have good self-esteem. Isn't that why we build schools?
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  • Op TK wrote...
    Bad Idea
    January 29, 2013 3:48 pm
    The public school system has already gone to standardized testing in order to get funding and has designed curriculums based on passing the test rather than any sort of an actual education. For that reason, some parents consider Charter schools a better choice. If lawmakers want to start grading the Charter schools, they'll be forced to go to standardized testing as well eliminating the original appeal of the Charter school education.
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  • Teahawk wrote...
    No, no, no, no.....
    January 30, 2013 6:26 am
    The more lawmakers get involved, the dumber the ideas get. None of us is as dumb as all of us.
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