Florida students did better than expected in reading and math, according to a Florida Department of Education analysis of the latest batch of Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test results. The department released FCAT 2.0 scores today in elementary and middle school reading, math and science. Results for 2012 FCAT 2.0 Reading show 59 percent of students […]
Florida Education Commissioner Gerard Robinson had some explaining to do. Under new standards set forth in FCAT 2.0, about half of Florida’s 9th and 10th graders failed the reading portion of the annual assessment test. In a teleconference with reporters, Robinson said the unspectacular scores are not surprising since standards are being raised. More is […]
Florida schools ratings would only drop by a single letter grade under a proposed change to the state school grading system floated at Tuesday’s state Board of Education meeting, according to the Miami Herald. The state’s plans to toughen its grading system has drawn criticism from school district officials worried that many more schools would […]
Senate lawmakers have pumped the brakes on a Department of Education plan to rewrite rules for grading schools, according to the Miami Herald. School officials, parent groups and advocates for the disabled have criticized the plan, which would have resulted in 230 additional school earning ‘F’ grades. Education Commissioner Gerard Robinson and the Board of […]
Florida’s Board of Education is meeting tomorrow to debate changing the state’s school grading system. The proposal has drawn criticism from educators and parents — particularly a proposal to include students with disabilities in the formula. Here’s seven questions about what’s being proposed, how it could affect schools and why it matters. 1. Why is […]
Education Commissioner Gerard Robinson says the state may not include schools that specialize in students with disabilities in the new school grading formula now under discussion. “One simulation, for example,” Robinson said in a statement released Thursday afternoon, “includes grading all schools that serve students with disabilities; however, we are reviewing alternative options for schools […]
One of the strings that comes with Florida’s exemptions from some No Child Left Behind requirements is that the state needs to include more students in its school grade formula. This includes students with disabilities and those learning English. Lawmakers are working on a bill and the state Board of Education will meet next week […]
Fortune magazine is out with a new profile of Gov. Rick Scott this week that discusses what he’s learned in his first year in office. The profile hits all the standards marks — Photo of state seal-emblazoned cowboy boots? Check. — but also includes this intriguing detail: I’m sitting in the governor’s Tallahassee office as […]
Florida’s falling rank on a nation education survey is evidence lawmakers need to increase school funding, state education officials said Thursday morning. Florida fell to 11th from 5th on the annual “Quality Counts” rankings released by Education Week this morning. Florida was ranked lower in both academic achievement and financing in the survey. Gov. Rick […]
Florida high schools learned their grades from the Department of Education Wednesday. StateImpact Florida learned a few lessons in the data: 1) Grades are going up — More high schools than ever earned an ‘A’ or ‘B’ grade on last year’s report cards. The biggest surge came in schools earning Bs — up to 207 […]
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