VPK ‘readiness’ test faces growing scrutiny

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The practice round was rough.  When Florida implemented a new Kindergarten Readiness test last fall — designed to determine if the state’s thousands of Voluntary PreKindergarten (VPK) programs were preparing children for school — 42 percent of providers statewide missed the minimum threshold of having at least 60 percent of their former students pass a…

Study: Florida’s education system is a lot better than you probably think

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The Sunshine State’s education system ranked right in the middle of the nation, according to a new WalletHub study.  Florida came in at No. 26 — between South Dakota and Ohio.  To determine which states had the best — and worst — education systems, WalletHub analyzed 25 key factors of a state’s education system including…