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There’s only one day left for lawmakers to decide what the state of testing will be in Florida’s public schools. It's now up to the House to decide what…
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Florida lawmakers are preparing to wrap several education policy issues into a single deal—what’s often called a “train” bill in legislative parlance. The…
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Tallahassee Democrat Bill Montford is out with a plan to revamp the state’s testing system. A bipartisan group of lawmakers from the Senate and House…
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Leon County’s school board is pushing back against the state’s pre-testing program. Board members say students are losing valuable classroom time so that…
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A Florida Senate education committee seems open to big changes in the state’s testing and accountability scheme. After years of ramping up the testing…
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With lawmakers in town for Session, many groups pick up the mic to air their grievances. The cries of teachers filled the Capitol Courtyard Thursday.A…
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Among Governor Rick Scott’s list of vetoed projects is $3 million that had been earmarked for a review of school technology needs. The money came as a…
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Leon School Board members say the Florida Department of Education is downplaying the extent and impact of system outages that affected this year’s Spring…
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Florida Department of Education Commissioner Pam Stewart says school districts can resume scheduled tests. The department is blaming testing administrator…
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Florida students have dealt with an avalanche of problems with this year’s set of standardized tests, which were so bad that legislators have been pushing…