Here's a simple rule of politics : if it seems like a quick fix, is perceived to be a quick fix and could possibly act as a quick fix, give it a shot. And lo and behold, Virginia's legislators (mostly Republicans) in the state Senate followed this simple rule on Tuesday when it passed a bill requiring the Virginia Department of Education to evaluate schools on an A-to-F scale.[1] Democrats in the Virginia Senate derided the A-to-F evaluation scale "as a gimmick" and just as predictably, Republicans in the state Senate argued that it would improve transparency and spur interested parties to get more actively involved in their school's success. Echoing my own feelings about the grading scale...
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