A fight over standardized testing and school accountability came close to home on Monday, when the Florida Board of Education’s traveled to fertile ground for criticism: Miami-Dade County.
At issue during the board’s monthly meeting was the state’s plan to issue school letter grades based on new state tests given in the Spring.
School superintendents have argued it’s not fair to grade schools this year for two reasons: the computerized versions of the tests were hampered by technical glitches and the move to new exams means half of the normal grading criteria is not available — namely, how much a student improved from one year to the next.