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• Can’t pass the FCAT? The state’s about to change the SAT and ACT replacement scores on you

  
  Florida Blog — Authority: 150
  Florida high school seniors who cant earn a passing score on the 10th grade (exit level) Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test have the option of taking the ACT or SAT as an alternative toward their standard diploma. The state sets a "concordant" score thats to be roughly equivalent to the FCAT high level 2 (which, by ...
  11 hours ago

• Jeb Bushs foundation honors top teachers based on FCAT scores

  
  Sentinel School Zone — Authority: 439
  The Foundation for Excellence in Education today announced the winners of its 2009 Excel Award -- which honors instructors whose students made the most progress in reading and math, based on FCAT scores. The winners will be honored at an...
  1 day ago

• Fail FCAT and want to substitute SAT or ACT scores? The rules are changing (but just slightly)

  
  Sentinel School Zone — Authority: 439
  High school students who failed the FCAT repeatedly and want to substitute SAT or ACT scores (to still earn a regular diploma) will need somewhat higher reading scores on both the national exams to qualify. But they can qualify with...
  1 day ago

• End-of-course exams would be better than "exit" exams, advocacy group says

  
  Sentinel School Zone — Authority: 439
  As we reported last week, Florida will begin field testing its first two end-of-course exams this spring. These statewide final exams (for now, Florida plans to have four, rolled out in the next few years) could eventually be used in...
  1 day ago

• Charlie Crist’s fourth-grade teacher

  
  Florida Blog — Authority: 150
  For nearly three decades, June Clarke — Gov. Charlie Crists fourth-grade teacher — taught in Florida school classrooms, most recently in Palm Beach County. Clarke recently retired unexpectedly , the Palm Beach Post reports, blaming Palm Beach superintendent Art Johnsons new academic program for sucking the joy out ...
  1 day ago

• Ed Schools Take the FCAT

  
  Jay P. Greene's Blog — Authority: 490
  (Guest post by Greg Forster) Good gravy! Never mind the debate on using test scores to evaluate teachers. Florida is actually using test scores to evaluate teacher colleges : It determined what percentage of graduates from each program had 50 percent or more of their students make a year’s worth of progress ...
  6 days ago

• Teacher prep programs judged by student test scores (more info)

  
  Sentinel School Zone — Authority: 439
  We reported last week that the state was moving to a system that would judge the performance of teacher preparation programs by looking at how the students of those programs graduates had done on FCAT. The system for judging is...
  1 week ago

• End-of-course exams + Race to the Top money = idea that wont fly

  
  Sentinel School Zone — Authority: 439
  Last Wednesday, state educators said they hoped they could use Race to the Top money (assuming Florida wins the millions it has a shot at) to develop a full bank of end-of-course exams to give to high school students. Well,...
  1 week ago

• Girls outnumber boys (by far) in A.P. and honors classes in FL high schools

  
  Sentinel School Zone — Authority: 439
  Girls account for 68 percent of the students enrolled in Floridas Advanced Placement courses, and 58 percent of those taking honors high school courses, according to the Florida Department of Education. Those figures are included in a presentation a DOE...
  1 week ago

• Seminole kids made big FCAT reading jumps

  
  Sentinel School Zone — Authority: 439
  The Seminole School Board today will recognize 32 kids who made amazing improvement in their reading abilities. The students each improved their FCAT reading scores by three levels or more, based on tests given last March. There are only five...
  2 weeks ago

• High school exit exams (like Floridas FCAT) becoming more popular, report says

  
  Sentinel School Zone — Authority: 439
  High school exit exams -- tests students must pass to earn a diploma -- have become more popular nationwide, with 24 states now requiring these high-stakes tests and two more adding them next year, according to a new report released...
  3 weeks ago

• Florida has tougher test standards than many other states (but not so tough by NAEP yardstick)

  
  Sentinel School Zone — Authority: 439
  Florida has stricter standards than many other states when it comes to standardized reading and math exams, though it is not the most demanding -- and perhaps not demanding enough, according to a new federal study. The study by the...
  4 weeks ago

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