Schools' grade cards full of D's and F's under new system

The D's and F's that appear on the grade cards of even the suburban "honor students" reaffirm what Ohio Department of Education officials have been saying for months: The statewide tests were different yet again last year. The numerical hurdles that schools need to clear have been raised and will rise again next year. Don't read too much into these scores until the system has stabilized after a few years.