Opposition at the highest levels of state government is emerging against the more than decade-old system of ranking California’s schools on a scale of 1 to 10, based on how they score on the state’s ...

From the point of view of parents, moving up the decile scale in choice of school is understandable and even rational. Higher-decile schools are likely to attract higher-quality teachers, and their ...

In Palo Alto’s high-flying high schools, it’s crowded at the top. So many students earn stellar grade-point averages that the school district years ago quit reporting a student’s class rank to ...

The country's largest education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa is calling on the government to provide transitional funding to schools hit hard by decile funding changes. Decile changes are made every ...

Sanchia Logie with her two children Callum Bielby, 12, and Lily Bielby, 9. Lily attends Pt Chev School that has gone up two decile points. Picture / Dean Purcell Principals say it's "party time" in ...