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Orange County Public Schools is easing the impact of more tests this school year. Superintendent Barbara Jenkins announced Tuesday new final exams for middle and high school students won’t count if they would harm a student’s final grade.
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Kindergartners, first and second graders started taking standardized tests Monday in Orange County. The tests are in reading and math. And some parents are opting their children out of the Iowa Assessment saying it’s too long and difficult for their age.
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The Seminole County School Board wants to opt-out of the state’s standardized tests next year. At Tuesday night’s meeting board members asked the superintendent to draft a letter seeking a waiver.
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The next round of computer-based testing for Florida students got off to a much smoother start.Fifth through eighth graders are taking a standardized math test. Fifth through 10th graders are also taking an English Language Arts exam. And school district officials across Central Florida say so far, so good.
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The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating a possible cyber-attack that caused testing delays at public schools last week. Problems with the state’s new standardized online writing test for eighth through 10th graders started on day one when schools had trouble logging into the system. The state teachers’ union has had concerns about how the state measures student performance, even before the new online testing rolled out.
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Testing went on at Florida public schools this week—but not without more mishaps.Hundreds of thousands of eighth through tenth graders are taking a new online writing test. Schools have faced issues with logging in to the system and with students getting kicked off.
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On day one of standardized testing: school districts in Central Florida and across the state had problems with the state’s new computer-based writing tests for eighth through tenth graders.
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Steve Inskeep talks with NPR Ed's Anya Kamenetz about her book, 'The Test: Why are Schools are Obsessed with Standardized Testing — But You Don't Have to Be'.
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This is the test that replaces the FCAT. It's known as the Florida Standards Assessment, and it’ll be online.
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In a historic move for a Florida school district, the Lee County School Board voted last week to opt out of standardized state testing for students. They’ve since reconsidered and voted to opt back in…for now. But Orlando Sentinel columnist and editorial writer Darryl Owens says the southwest Florida county is likely only the first to take a stand against what he views as too much high-stakes testing.