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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]so what happens to schools that don't meet the standards? [/quote]

Nothing really. They get a low rating, they get a few years to fix it, if they don’t then the state threatens to step in and tbe local school board has to change the curriculum of the school in some meaningful way or they can close the school or they can let the state take over. Also, the district must offer the students at the failing school a transfer to a non failing school. That was a provision of no child left behind apparently.

This happened in Alexandria City in the past. Jefferson-Houston failed to be accredited 5 years in a row so they became an IB school and are now K-8 , didn’t help and the only reason the school wasn’t failing anymore bc the accreditation standards were lowered. Side note: the school board was recommend to change the name of the school bc apparently their is some evidence that changing a failing schools name helps rebrand and put the school on a positive track but the school board declined to do so.

The accreditation standards seem to just be returning to where they were a few years prior to the pandemic. They had lowered the standards and it sounds like they are just rebranding the levels of accreditation and in fact they sound much nicer than before. [/quote]

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