This rule implements requirements of Sections 1008.34 and 1008.341, Florida Statutes, concerning Florida’s school improvement ratings for alternative schools, including a description of criteria identifying alternative schools, each type of data that is used in calculating school improvement ratings, how school improvement ratings are calculated, and requirements for crediting back scores from students at alternative education centers to home schools in cases where the alternative school elects to receive a school improvement rating instead of a school grade.