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Daily Archives: December 23, 2014

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Florida Gets More Time Before Counting English-Learner Test Results

Assessments, Florida Schools, In the NewsBy fsbawpDecember 23, 2014

The standoff between Florida and the federal Education Department about testing students learning English is over, and Florida will get its way. The federal agency will allow the state to start counting English-learners results after two years in school. The feds wanted the state to count results after one year. Read the full article

School District, union support review of testing practices

Assessments, Florida Schools, In the NewsBy fsbawpDecember 23, 2014

Marion County officials with the school district and the teachers union on Tuesday welcomed a state review of standardized testing practices of all the state’s 67 public school districts. State Education Commissioner Pam Stewart ordered the review late Monday and asked the Department of Education to gather accurate information about the number of tests districts…

More time to learn English

Assessments, Florida Schools, In the NewsBy fsbawpDecember 23, 2014

At last. Some sanity has made its way into the frenzied world of high-stakes testing. It wasn’t easy to get to this point and, incredibly, it wasn’t assured, though anyone who has studied a foreign language for a trip abroad would understand. The U.S. Department of Education — DOE — reversed its unhelpful policy that…

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