Florida’s over-reliance on standardized testing has wasted valuable learning time and led to a punitive school grading system. A shift to progress monitoring focused on student success is needed to reduce stress, improve outcomes, and empower teachers to better serve students.
Tests don’t teach students; teachers and staff do.
Students deserve learning opportunities that are differentiated and responsive to their needs, interests, and learning styles. How we assess students should reflect these priorities.
We cannot test our way to student success. A renewed emphasis on teaching and learning is what is needed.
Florida’s test scores being near the bottom in the nation reveals a deeper story about the lack of investment in our schools.
“This should be a wake-up call: Florida’s students deserve real investment in their neighborhood public schools — now.” Today, the Florida Education Association (FEA) has released a statement regarding the latest round of National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores in Florida: “The latest results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) paint a […]
The recent release of SAT scores shines a much-needed light on how Florida’s attacks on teachers are felt by Florida’s children. In the past seven years, Florida’s average SAT score has dropped by nearly 70 points, and Florida students currently have the 47th lowest average SAT score in the nation. SAT scores don't happen in a vacuum — they exist in a system that is interconnected and that is being failed by bad policy.
Educators and parents had high hopes when Gov. DeSantis announced in September that Florida would end its system of high-stakes testing for our students, but the bill signed into law today fails to meet those expectations. Senate Bill 1048 does not reduce the amount of standardized testing that our students must endure, nor does it eliminate the big make-or-break test at the end of year.
Don’t miss part 2 of “Assess The Test”: Our conversation about testing was so robust that we decided to continue it to a second episode. Listen to the 2nd part of here. Change is coming to Florida’s system of standardized testing. Parents, students and educators alike are wondering if we will see the significant changes […]
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