TALLAHASSEE — Members of the Florida Board of Education want Education Commissioner Pam Stewart to provide them with more data to help them set passing marks for the new statewide assessment, which continues to attract backlash from superintendents, teachers and parents statewide.
Standing by the Florida Standards Assessments and in an effort to prove the test’s increased difficulty, Stewart has recommended “cut scores” that are generally higher than the state’s previous standardized test, which she said “demonstrates that the trend in Florida has been to increase the rigor” of exams.
