Florida teachers at A-rated schools still have a few more weeks before they see their bonus.
Florida educators at high-performing schools will have to wait until at least early February for their state bonuses, according to the Department of Education.
But Department of Education spokeswoman Cheryl Etters said the agency still must wait for any appeals to be heard.
Etters expected the bonuses would be sent out in early February.
The bonuses will pay about $70 per student enrolled at the school, and staff decide how to split the bonuses.The state will pay a total of $129.9 million in bonuses.
Because the anniversary is looming, I am getting lots of statements on the law and its impact, most offering a mixed review of its effectiveness. I listened Tuesday to a panel by RAND Corporation education experts. I will write about the panel later this week, but the consensus was that the law was effective in directing attention to previously ignored students, but that it was too proscriptive and overly reliant on multiple choice testing that narrowed instruction.
But one group that sees little benefit from No Child is FairTest, which has issued a report maintaining the controversial law “failed badly both in terms of its own goals and more broadly” and led to a decade of “educational stagnation.”
What do you think? Did the benefits of NCLB — such as the focus on subgroup performance — outweigh the negatives of the law? How will NCLB be remembered? Should it be renewed?
“Five of seven Manatee District High Schools scored enough points to qualify for an A grade from the state,” a press release read.
What the carefully worded release did not say is that five of seven Manatee high school actually earned an A — and it’s worth asking why.
The Florida Department of Education includes a lot of factors when calculating school grades: Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test scores; high-level college prep courses such as Advanced Placement; graduation rates and performance on SAT or other college entrance exams.
The state has fewer “F” schools and more “A” and “B” schools, according to new high school grades released by the state.
The Florida Department of Education said, “Based on the results… school recognition funds will be determined and will reward schools that have sustained high student performance or demonstrated substantial improvement in student performance.”
The “A” Through “F” Schools For The 2010-2011 School Year: These figures include all public high schools and combination schools that serve high school grade levels.
F = 6 schools earned an “F” compared to 11 schools the year before.
D = 25 schools earned a “D” compared to 57 schools the year before.
C = 72 schools earned a “C” compared to 69 schools the year before.
B = 224 schools earned a “B” compared to 188 schools the year before
A = 147 schools earned an “A” compared to 145 schools the year before.
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