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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... -
Thousands of worried students turn to algebra boot camp
Nashalie Nunez did fine in her Algebra 1 class at Cypress Creek High this past year, passing with a B average.
But when she took Florida's new algebra final exam, she failed.
"It just overwhelmed me," she said.
The 14-year-old Orange County student...Tags: Seminole County, Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Students, Science and Technology
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Education commissioner addresses FCAT concerns in black community
![Florida Education Commissioner Gerard Robinson addressed members of an Orlando black church, a gathering of black clergy, and an "emergency town hall" at Evans High School Sunday in response to a drastic drop in FCAT scores.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-05/70166908-27182529.jpg "Florida Education Commissioner Gerard Robinson addressed members of an Orlando black church, a gathering of black clergy, and an "emergency town hall\" at Evans High School Sunday in response to a drastic drop in FCAT scores.")
Florida Education Commissioner Gerard Robinson addressed members of an Orlando black church, a gathering of black clergy, and an "emergency town hall" at Evans High School Sunday in response to a drastic drop in FCAT scores.
Robinson defended the...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Orlando, Pine Hills, Health, Students
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Bill Vogel exits Seminole schools with stern warning about Florida education
SANFORD — Bill Vogel has grave concerns about the future of public education in Florida as he ends nine years at the helm of one of Florida's highest-achieving school districts.
With local control largely lost to the state Legislature and governor,...Tags: Pinellas County (Florida), Osceola County, Celebration, St. Lucie County (Florida), Tallahassee (Leon, Florida)
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College-readiness test yet another challenge for Florida students
Thousands of high-school students across Florida are having to take a new state-mandated test to gauge how ready they are for college classes regardless of whether they plan to pursue higher education.
Because of a new state law, school districts are...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, Students, Science and Technology
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FCAT failures show test-obsessed teaching falls short
To fully appreciate how deeply flawed Tallahassee's approach to public education is, you must look beyond the recent news of abysmal FCAT scores — and look at how we got here.
You see, FCAT was supposed to be a simple fix for a complicated problem....Tags: School Examinations, Tallahassee (Leon, Florida), Science, Education, Teaching and Learning
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Orange testing director: watch test data for evidence of cheating
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelWatch your data, train your staff, and watch what you say to the media. That was the advice of Vickie Cartwright, the administrator who oversees testing and accountability in Orange schools, to a webinar audience of school district and state education... -
Florida school-district grades plunge
Florida school district grades took a dive as anticipated under the state's tougher new grading scale. Results released today by the state's Department of Education show that Florida districts earned more C's and D's this year and fewer A's and B's as...
Tags: Rick Scott, Teaching and Learning, Students
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Letters to the Editor: Florida and health reform, FCAT, women's choices limited
Florida and health reform Dan Beckmann's guest column, "While politicians drone on, volunteers silently do the work," in Friday's Sentinel, explains how Shepherd's Hope, a volunteer-based health-care center with 2,500 volunteers, has managed to operate...
Tags: Values, Women's Health, Viagra (drug), Family, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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