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Grades for Tulsa Public Schools are Out, and There are Too Many F's

Tulsa Public Schools' Education Service Center at 31st and New Haven
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Tulsa Public Schools' Education Service Center at 31st and New Haven

The new district report cards are out, and Tulsa Public Schools didn’t do well. TPS has a total of 49 schools with failing grades, up from 36 last year. But District Spokesman Chris Payne says it’s not an apples to apples comparison because special ed and English language students weren’t given modified versions of achievement tests as in the past. He says it makes comparisons meaningless.

Payne calls the school grading system ‘deeply flawed’. Five schools received A’s, four got B’s, and seven C’s.

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