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Rankings of schools and districts coming this year? (It’s not clear)
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelFlorida ranked its school districts and its schools from best to worst based on FCAT data last year, an exercise that state leaders praised but many local educators criticized. Those lists were released in January, 2012. Will there be new rankings... -
Common Core concerns: State Board to hear them Monday
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelFlorida's move to new “Common Core” academic standards in language arts and math is proving challenging. Pasco County Superintendent Kurt Browning, at the State Board of Education's request, has sent a detailed memo to state leaders explaining... -
Jeb Bush meets with legislative leaders, praises “parent trigger” proposal (again)
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelFormer Gov. Jeb Bush was in Tallahassee yesterday, meeting with legislative leaders. He praised the “parent trigger” bill and urged lawmakers to “be bold” in pushing for education reform, The Palm Beach Post reported. Bush urged... -
Allow school year to start earlier, lawmaker says (will school calendar and summer be debated again?)
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelFlorida schools districts — with a few exceptions — can't start a new school year any earlier than two weeks before Labor Day. That's thanks to state law passed in 2006, propelled by parents and their “save our summers” effort. But... -
Bill requiring districts to approve, publicize required tests passes House committee
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelA bill that would require school boards to approve district-mandated tests and then publicize them on their website got a first, favorable vote in a House education subcommittee today. Rep. Manny Diaz, R-Hialeah, proposed the bill, which passed with... -
More Fl schools would get grades (or ratings) under House plan
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelLast year, 392 of Florida's public schools didn't get a grade or an “improvement rating” as part of the state's annual school report card, according to the Florida Department of Education. That was 11 percent of the state's 3,623 schools.... -
Testing required by districts should be approved by school boards, posted online and marked as “district-mandated,” lawmaker says
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelSchool districts intent on requiring their students take certain tests would have to get the testing schedule approved by their school board and then post their testing schedule online — “clearly specifying the district-mandated assessments,&#... -
Sorry Orange 8th graders taking algebra or geometry: It’s FCAT math AND an end-of-course exam for you this spring
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelEighth graders in Orange County schools who are taking algebra or geometry had been told they'd have to take the state's end-of-course exam in that subject — but would be excused from the 8th-grade FCAT math exam. No more. The district has... -
Fl’s value-added model has “leveled the playing field,” DOE says
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelSince ushered in by a new law nearly two years ago, Florida's new teacher evaluations have prompted lots of complaints, worries and arguments. Recently, even Gov. Rick Scott and Republican lawmakers — who signed and voted for the law — have... -
Some private schools can give FCAT next year, but, so far, they’ve shown little interest in FL’s standardized tests
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelUPDATE: An earlier version incorrectly said the school in Homestead had been approved by DOE. It has sent in a complete application but not yet been approved. Thanks to a new state law, private schools that take part in the Florida Tax Credit... -
State sets new ACT, SAT “concordant scores” for students who haven’t passed 10th-grade FCAT 2.0 reading
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelStudents who have failed the 10th-grade FCAT reading exam — the 2.0 version now required for graduation — can substitute just-set comparable scores on the ACT or SAT to earn a diploma, the Florida Department of Education said this week. The... -
Senate president says teacher evaluation plan isn’t working, AP reports
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelFlorida's new teacher evaluation plan isn't working well and should be slowed down until schools have time to implement it well, Senate President Don Gaetz said in an interview with the Associated Press. Gaetz said the system is too complicated and...
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