New Mexico educational officials are set to release grades for the state's public schools a year after the number of schools graded an A or B dropped 10 percent.
The New Mexico Public Education Department is scheduled on Wednesday to unveil grades a week following the release of student test results. Those results showed a slight increase in the number of students testing proficient or better in reading and math.
Last year, the number of New Mexico schools receiving a D or F jumped 3 percent.
Education Secretary Hanna Skandera said the decrease in A and B school grades last year were expected because the state had introduced a more rigorous test to measure students.
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