Florida’s testing contractor loses $4.8 million for 2015 exam problems

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The testing company that administers Florida’s key standardized exam has lost nearly $5 million because of problems that marred the roll out of the computer-based tests in 2015, the Florida Department of Education said Friday.  The department said American Institutes for Research, or AIR, will reimburse the state or lose payments that total $4.8 million.…

Judge Halts Obama Administration’s Transgender-Student Rules Nationwide

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A Texas federal judge issued a nationwide order late Sunday, temporarily halting application of the Obama administration’s guidance on transgender students while a 13-state legal challenge on the issue, led by Texas, is decided.  The case is one of a number of legal challenges related to the May guidance, in which the U.S. Departments of…