City, still reeling from number of kids who failed state exams, limits lows for grading schools

City, still reeling from number of kids who failed state exams, limits lows for grading schools

BY RACHEL MONAHAN
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Saturday, September 18th 2010, 4:00 AM

Few city schools will earn big, fat F's on the city-issued report cards, set to be issued next week, the Daily News has learned.

After a massive increase in the number of city kids who failed state exams, the agency decided to limit the number of schools that will get D's and F's.

Officials are expected to announce next week that:

The 84% of elementary and middle schools that got A's last year will get no worse than a C.

The 13% of schools that received B's can earn no lower than a D.

Schools that are in the top quarter of the city based on their students' average math and reading exam scores will achieve no lower than a C.

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