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SARASOTA – More than 20,700 state exams in 2015 were not graded because students did not fill out enough answers, compared with about 5,600 similarly ungraded exams in 2014. While 20,700 incomplete exams seem like a lot, it accounts for only 0.6 percent of the more than 3.3 million tests taken in 2015. The Florida…
Citing disillusionment with the Florida Department of Education’s rollout of the controversial Florida Standards Assessment, the tests’ validity and the consequences for students, teachers and schools, Alachua County Public Schools Superintendent Owen Roberts announced his resignation from a state-level testing and education review committee Tuesday night. Education Commissioner Pam Stewart established the Keep Florida Learning…
Historically high-performing districts would largely remain at the top, and historical poor performers, near the bottom. That’s according to district-level performance results from the new Florida Standards Assessment. Leon County has been near the top but as the news isn’t as good for the rest of the surrounding counties. Listen/Read full article
Tallahassee, Fla. – The Florida School Boards Association (FSBA) recognizes the need for a strong accountability system at the school, district and state level in order to secure a uniform, efficient, safe, secure and high quality system of free public schools as guaranteed by the Florida Constitution. The FSBA also firmly supports the Florida Standards…
Florida school districts received the first round of test results from the Florida Standards Assessments this week. The results show what percentage of students in each district scored within each quartile of all Florida students taking the exams. Parents can expect more detailed scores for their students next month. The state is now setting cut scores for…
Florida education commissioner Pam Stewart proposed state test “cut scores” that would see more middle grades students earning top marks on the annual Florida Standards Assessments than advisory panels recommended. Elementary students, by contrast, would find it tougher to earn a top math score. Her language arts recommendations essentially match those of the advisory group.…
The long-festering dispute between local school districts and an unreasonable Florida Department of Education turned into open revolt last week as superintendents across the state finally declared that they’ve lost confidence in the state’s testing and grading system. The well-justified howl from the districts follows years of mounting frustration with a flawed system that unfairly…
Florida school districts received another round of state test results on Friday, even as an independent contractor reviews the validity of the exams. The state Department of Education publicly released the passing rates for two tests that stand as graduation requirements — Algebra I and 10th-grade language arts — along with individual student information to…
UPDATE: The DOE told districts at 10:44 a.m.: “Pearson has confirmed that the issue with PearsonAccess has been resolved and the site is now up and running normally. Please share this information with users in your district and contact our office if you have further questions.” ORIGINAL POST: The Florida Department of Education advised school…
A Florida House panel gave its unanimous support Monday to a bill that would reduce the amount of testing in public schools. A similar proposal passed out of its first committee in the Senate last week — albeit along party lines. A few members of the public weighed in on the House proposal on Monday,…