Education
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chool finance fight could hurt KS credit scores
Proposed new funding formulas could affect districts' ability to repay, credit rating agencies say.
S board declines to look at guaranteed C grading
Choice of guaranteed passing grades are for local school board to make, state board chairman says.
n Kansas, all the children are at least average
Unorthodox grading system assures students in two Kansas high schools will get C's or higher in their courses.
ansas education scores provide mixed picture of schools' success
State education department reports 11 years of rising achievement; U.S. Education Department and ACT college testing service see smaller changes.
ansas votes again to shed No Child Left Behind
Board of Ed seeks reprieve from 2014 federal education act requirements.
ansas schools fare poorly in global comparison
Few rise to the top third of the world's classes, many fall into the bottom half, according to a presidential website.
Educators want a plan that measures students' progress instead of comparing the same classes each year.
Fewer than half tell a KansasReporter poll they plan to use special-fund reserve for basic education; others say thay want more time to study the idea.
The request, to bring state school spending up to statutory requirements, "will be dead on arrival," one board member predicts.
Kansas education officials, hoping to steer student success measurements away from tough federally mandated standards, plan to develop an alternative system that tracks individual pupil progress.
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