Decrying what they call an untested test, leaders in Duval schools and teachers union — and some parents — urged voters Wednesday to flood state legislators’ phones and emails this week, urging them to slow down on some of the punitive aspects of the state’s new tests.
Duval teachers union president Terrie Brady, three school board members and Superintendent Nikolai Vitti called a press conference Wednesday, saying the new tests that will replace Florida’s FCATs are still under development and there won’t be enough time for them to be “field tested” properly before students must take the tests in spring 2015.
