A School's Grade Plummets, and Parents Are Confused
When the parents at Public School 363 in the East Village saw the big, bold D on its report card issued by the city last week, they were stumped. How had the school, which earned a B last year and boasted strong test scores, fallen so far, so fast? They looked at the group of schools the city had measured theirs against. City officials said the school's grouping was fair and that its low grade simply reflected its failure to keep up.
The New York Times - Javier C. Hernandez, 9/21/2008