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

  
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  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...
  5 days ago

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

  
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  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...
  1 week ago

• FCAT audit says scoring machines sometimes miss correct answers on "bubble grid" sheets, Fl DOE didnt always carefully monitor its testing company

  
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  An audit released this week found that some bubbled-in, FCAT answer sheets were not properly scored when a student erased an answer and then selected another choice, according to the report by the U.S. Department of Educations Office of Inspector...
  5 weeks ago

• FCAT writing exam to get some changes next year (only one essay topic per grade)

  
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  The Florida Department of Education plans to scale back the FCAT writing exam next year, offering just one topic (or prompt) to each grade level tested. In a memo sent to school superintendents today, Education Commissioner Eric Smith said the...
  7 weeks ago

• FCAT scores needed for high school graduation should be boosted, State Board member says

  
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  John Padget, a member of the State Board of Education, said this morning that the FCAT scores high school students need to earn a diploma should be bumped up. Now, the passing scores need on FCAT reading and math exams...
  8 weeks ago

• New high school grading rules ready to roll out in 2010

  
  Sentinel School Zone — Authority: 440
  The State Board of Education today approved a new plan to grade high schools that uses more than FCAT scores to assign A-to-F grades. The new program represents the biggest shakeup in Floridas school grading system since it was implemented...
  8 weeks ago

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