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By DENNIS JOYCE
The Tampa Tribune
State education officials are expected to release school grades later this morning, and the annual report cards are expected to be terrible.
The reason: School grades are being figured differently - they include science scores and math gains for the weakest students - and reverberations from last year’s bungled third- grade reading scores.
Bad or falling grades translate into less bonus money for school staff, now as much as $2,500 per teacher in Hillsborough; confusion among parents; and a growing distrust of the state’s system for educational accountability.
The state Department of Education scheduled a conference call with reporters for 11:30 a.m. and school-by-school results were expected to be available later today on the department’s web site.
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