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The Flawed Assumptions and Intentions of Florida’s Education Accountability System

Posted on January 29, 2013 by

It’s not certain where the most recent work of the Shanker Institute’s Matt DiCarlo will take the debate on Florida’ education accountability system. DiCarlo weighed in on Florida Senate president Don Gaetz comment (here and here) that Florida’s entire education accountability system was … Continue reading →

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How $1.9 Million From the Race to the Top Grant Was Used as a Propaganda Tool For the Florida Model

Posted on January 22, 2013 by

Jeff Solochek of Gradebook calls attention to those reading scores everyone’s been bragging about for the last month. Florida’s fourth graders are the second-best readers in the world, Gov. Rick Scott claimed during a recent discussion with black lawmakers. That’s pretty … Continue reading →

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Skepticism for SB736 in the Florida Senate

Posted on January 19, 2013 by

Rick Scott told FOX News host Neil Cavuto after SB736 was past, “It’s going to be great.” Not so much. Changes are already being considered. Bush Foundation CEO Patricia Levesque wants to add student surveys into the calculus and is floating the idea … Continue reading →

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Pinellas SB Member on SB 736: “We are building on a very flawed and invalid system”

Posted on January 16, 2013 by

From Tampa Bay Times reporters Curtis Krueger and Lisa Gartner: The School Board unanimously voted on Tuesday to tweak the system Pinellas uses to evaluate teachers — but that doesn’t mean members are happy. “We are building on a very … Continue reading →

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Rick Scott’s Not Fooling Florida Educators

Posted on January 16, 2013 by

Tampa Bay Times columnist Steve Bousquet was in the audience when Governor Rick Scott addressed a group of school administrators and he recognized the scent of skepticism: “Education changed my life,” Gov. Rick Scott said Monday. His young life, yes. … Continue reading →

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Dan Gelber: “Getting straight A’s for having lots of tests is not the same as getting A’s on the tests”

Posted on January 13, 2013 by

And emphasizing twice that “testing is not teaching’ former Florida state senator Dan Gelber chided “the usual suspects engaged in the typical self-adulation,” for Education Week’s recent high-ranking of Florida. This from his column in Florida Voices: I don’t relish being … Continue reading →

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Claims NAEP or FCAT Scores Validate Florida Formula “Implausible” and “Violates Basic Principles of Policy Analysis”

Posted on January 8, 2013 by

In the December 2012 open hearing where incoming education Tony Bennett was interviewed, board of education chairman Gary Chartrand began the meeting with “good news” about how well Florida 4th graders stacked up against the rest of the world on NAEP. … Continue reading →

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Is Michelle Rhee About to Take a Lance Armstrong Like Fall From Grace?

Posted on January 6, 2013 by

On Tuesday America will find out if Michelle Rhee’s DC miracle was a fraud. From Washington Post reporter Emma Brown: Student standardized-test scores at an award-winning D.C. school dropped dramatically in 2011 after the principal tightened security out of concern … Continue reading →

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Tony Bennett Talks Out of Both Sides of His Mouth on Common Core

Posted on December 28, 2012 by

Indiana education chief Tony Bennett was locked in a tight race to keep his job. Knowing that Common Core Standards was unpopular with many conservative voters, Bennett had this to say about the Obama administration at a Tea Party rally this past … Continue reading →

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Will a Florida Superintendent of Schools Stand Up Against Testing?

Posted on December 21, 2012 by

Ann Doss Helms reports in the Charlotte Observer: The barrage of new state tests being rolled out this year is “an egregious waste of taxpayer dollars” that won’t help kids, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Superintendent Heath Morrison said Thursday. He joins a band … Continue reading →

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