Legislation wiping out Michigan's A-F school quality ranking system was approved in the Senate Wednesday by a party-line vote, 20-18, after Republicans claimed removing the "easy-to-understand" report card-style assessment tool would weaken transparency and accountability in Michigan's education system. "Our state's students get graded A-F on their report cards so that their parents know how they're doing in every subject. Yet, we stand here today, poised in this body, to pass a bill that says our schools, (that teach our state's children), that are paid for by state tax dollars, cannot be subjected to the same type of scrutiny," said
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