With Florida legislative committees getting started, the state School Boards Association is putting the finishing touches on its legislative priority package for the new session.
It’s focusing a lot of its attention on testing and accountability as it presents a proposal to members before formal adoption. Some of the ideas have been talked about before, but they’d be new to the organization’s platform if ultimately approved.
In one key draft recommendation, the FSBA puts its own spin on the “Seminole Solution.” It says it wouldn’t mind Florida moving to national rather than state testing, but if that doesn’t happen, the Department of Education should be required to set concordant scores for several national tests that districts or students could use in lieu of the Florida Standards Assessments.
