As the second week of standardized testing gets underway across Florida, a House committee is expected today to advance its plan to ease back on required assessments. But a Senate panel is on a similar course, but announced it wants to first learn more about the difficulties many counties have faced with administering the new…
Florida’s standardized exams that debuted last week suffered from cyber attacks that led to blank screens throughout the state as students attempted to take the tests, the Department of Education said Monday. Citing testing provider American Institutes for Research, the state education department said the hack, which is being investigated by the Florida Department of…
The Florida Department of Education gave the all-clear to resume high-stakes testing on Tuesday, but South Florida’s largest counties postponed the exams as technical problems persisted for a second day. Florida’s testing failures instantly became fodder for state lawmakers as they opened their annual session. A pair of senators went so far as to call…
Gov. Rick Scott on Wednesday named Orlando businesswoman Marva Johnson to the state Board of Education. Johnson, 44, is a corporate vice president for Bright House Networks LLC. Read full story