Tampa Bay Times staff writer Jeffery Solochek wrote a brief preview of the Common Core debate to take place in the Florida Legislature next session. Solochek wrote: Lawmakers filed bills in both the House and Senate to halt the standards in 2014, but each died in their first committee without hearing. Gov. Rick Scott and […]
The Impact of Florida’s Assessments on Private Schools
I received an email from Anne Gassel, one of our partners here, after the post on the end of course kerfuffle being experienced by at least one private school in Florida. She made some interesting comments about the impact assessments could have with Florida’s private schools. With her permission I’m sharing her thoughts here: Thinking […]
Florida Private Schools Discriminated Against By End of Course Assessment Requirements
Florida Governor Rick Scott and the Florida Board of Education have imposed testing expectations on schools, and a couple of emails I’ve received demonstrates that the regulations are discriminatory toward private schools. I don’t know if this is intentional or by design, but it must be addressed. These emails were made public by the Project […]
If You Fail Just Lower The Standard
What a great example given to us by the Florida Board of Education if you fail to meet your standard, then just lower it! The Board of Education decided in an emergency meeting Tuesday to lower the passing grade on the writing portion of Florida’s standardized test after preliminary results showed a drastic drop in […]