THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO RELEASES THIS YEAR'S SCHOOL GRADES. ALL 839 PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE RATED WITH A LETTER GRADE OF "A" THROUGH "F." GOVERNOR SUSANA MARTINEZ TELLS 770 KKOB THAT OVER 70 PERCENT OF THE SCHOOLS MAINTAINED OR IMPROVED THEIR GRADE OVER LAST YEAR'S RESULT. SHE SAYS 82 SCHOOLS EARNED AN "A" GRADE … 224 GOT A "B" … MEANING 63 SCHOOLS IMPROVED IN THE SAME CATEGORIES COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.
GOVERNOR MARTINEZ SAYS THE GRADING SYSTEM HELPS IDENTIFY STRUGGLING SCHOOLS. THOSE SCHOOLS THAT EARNED A "D" OR AN "F" WILL GET RESOURCES, LIKE READING COACHES, SO THEY CAN IMPROVE.
A CHECK OF THE ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM SHOWS A WIDE RANGE OF RESULTS. MANY OF THE DISTRICTS 13 HIGH SCHOOLS RATED HIGH, WITH SEVERAL IMPROVING FROM "C"S AND "B"S TO "A". RIO GRANDE WENT FROM A "D" TO A "B". OVERALL, THERE WERE NEARLY 40 SCHOOLS RATED "D" WHILE 17 HAD AN "F" GRADE.
