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Adequacy lawsuit: “Excercise in madness” and “so damaging,” state officials say
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelThe State Board of Education got a brief update yesterday on the adequacy lawsuit it faces — a broad legal challenge to how Florida funds and runs its public schools. The lawsuit was brought by parents and school advocates, including the Orlando-... -
Teachers union complains about value-added data for teacher evaluations
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelThe Florida Education Association continued today to raise questions about the usefulness, and validity, of the new value-added test score data being used this year to evaluate teachers. The teachers union detailed its worries at a press conference this... -
Passing scores for biology, geometry end-of-course exams proposed, would have fewer than 60 percent passing
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelEducation Commissioner Pam Stewart has recommended passing scores for Florida's new biology and geometry end-of-course exams. They are ones likely to lead to a first-year failure rate of more than 40 percent, as we noted here. Stewart's proposals —... -
FL’s test score gains “very substantial,” but retaining 3rd graders did artificially boost 4th-grade scores on national tests, report finds
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelA new report finds Florida did make “very substantial” gains in reading and math after education policies advocated by former Gov. Jeb Bush were implemented. The “Florida Defeats the Skeptics” report (available at Educationnext)... -
Partin Elementary in Seminole wins national Blue Ribbon award
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelPartin Elementary School in Seminole County is one of seven schools in Florida — and 219 nationally — to win the federal Blue Ribbon award. The U.S. DOE calls the award a “trademark of excellence.” Partin — A-rated for the... -
FEA complains about value-added data, asks Scott to halt its use
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelThe Florida Education Association has asked Gov. Rick Scott to halt the use of “value-added” test score data in 2011-12 teacher evaluations. Andy Ford, the union's president, made the request in a letter sent this week. Ford said the data &#... -
Superintendents on regulations: Repeal “low-hanging fruit,” consider tougher issues like class size rules, performance pay
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelUPDATE: The Florida Department of Education has sent out a press release about the recommendations. You can find the list of suggestions here: School District Superintendent Survey Final 10 25 2012 The panel of superintendents tapped by Gov. Rick Scott to... -
Teacher evaluations and value-added test data: So it begins
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelThe state has given Florida school districts a first run of “value-added” test data that will, for the first time, be used to determine teachers' final yearly evaluations. The data is FCAT score information (several years worth) run through a... -
DOE works to set passing scores for FCAT science, plus biology and geometry end-of-course exams
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelLike it did last year with FCAT reading and math, the Florida Department of Education is working to set new scoring standards for its revised FCAT science exam and its new biology and geometry end-of-course exams. So far, it has had a committee of... -
Seminole on board with testing resolution, too
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelThe Seminole School Board is expected to add it's endorsement to an anti-testing resolution that is gaining momentum across the state. The board will vote tonight on backing a resolution by the Florida School Boards Association that asks state... -
Fl voters think education needs changing, like common standards — and some plans for new state tests, poll finds
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelPublic education in Florida needs “major changes,” according to a poll done by Achieve, the group working with Florida and 22 other states to develop new tests aligned to new “Common Core” standards. Voters also like the idea of... -
Rick Roach (and other testing foes’) latest FCAT video
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelRick Roach and others (including a student) who are opposed to Florida's high-stakes testing system have made another video. This one pokes fun at the state for the lower-than-expected FCAT writing scores — and its decision, in response, to lower...
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