Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Below is the grading system found to be most commonly used in United States public high schools, according to the 2009 High School Transcript Study. [2] This is the most used grading system; however, there are some schools that use an edited version of the college system, which means 89.5 or above becomes an A average, 79.5 becomes a B, and so on.
Of the 198 MSCS schools that received letter grades, nine received As, 30 received Bs, 72 received Cs, 44 received Ds, and 43 received Fs.
Grading in education is the application of standardized measurements to evaluate different levels of student achievement in a course. Grades can be expressed as letters (usually A to F), as a range (for example, 1 to 6), percentages, or as numbers out of a possible total (often out of 100). The exact system that is used varies worldwide.
Throughout much of the history of Covington County, the school system was under de jure segregation. On December 12, 1966, the United States Department of Justice filed a case against the school district to challenge a "freedom of choice" school desegregation plan in place, which was combined in a suit against 25 other districts. [ 7 ]
The Forrest County School District is a public school district with its headquarters in Hattiesburg, Mississippi [1] It serves sections of Forrest County, including portions of Hattiesburg, Glendale, and Rawls Springs. [2] Brooklyn is the largest community in the district. [citation needed]
2006-07 [9] 2005-06 [10] 2004-05 [11] 2003-04 [12] 2002-03 [13]; District Accreditation Status: Accredited Accredited Accredited Accredited Accredited School Performance Classifications
2006-07 [7] 2005-06 [8] 2004-05 [9] 2003-04 [10] 2002-03 [11]; District Accreditation Status: Accredited Accredited Accredited Accredited Accredited School Performance Classifications
After the rise of the gambling industry in the county in the 1990s, an influx of tax revenue went into the school system. [3] By 2007 the district built a new middle school between the casinos and the town of Tunica. Stephanie N. Mehta of Fortune said that because of the influx, the Tunica district pays "good teacher salaries by Mississippi ...