Most members of the State Board of Education’s accountability task force said last week they favor doing away with A-F letter grades for public schools, according to an Oct. 15 meeting in Raleigh where no vote was taken.
Under the approach most members preferred, schools would not get a rating at all. Each school’s report would show its results on each measure, such as test scores and growth, and how much weight the state gives each measure.
The only schools with a designation would be those that federal law already requires the state to flag for extra support…