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In better news, bipartisan bill passes Florida Senate reforming high school testing
In addition to Senate Bill 6, the Senate also passed an amended form of Senate Bill 4, which moves the state’s high school testing program away from comprehensive exams in 10th and 11th grade and towards end-of-course (EOC) exams. Senators from both parties finally “get it” that the so-called comprehensive science exam was counterproductive, and […]
Florida Senate overreaches on changes to regulation of teaching
Yesterday, the Florida Senate voted for Senate Bill 6, which would dramatically change the structure of teacher evaluation, contracts, pay, and licensure in the state. A few amendments were approved on the floor of the senate, but only three appear substantive, and the largest changes happened in committee, in part to address concerns about constitutionality for the initial bill. […]
The sugar-daddy amendment to SB 6
Note (March 25, 2010): This entry was written on March 23, before the Senate adopted the Thrasher/Crist amendment. For my thoughts about the version that passed the senate on March 24, see my entry describing it as overreaching .Among the amendments to Florida Senate Bill 6 filed today is a short amendment sponsored by John […]
Would Florida SB 6 criminalize Gates grant to Hillsborough schools?
Note (March 25, 2010): This entry was written on March 20, about an earlier version of Senate Bill 6. Early this week, the bill was modified to allow Hillsborough to seek an exemption; the amendment was crafted so that no other district could apply, even if they replicated Hillsborough’s efforts using local funding. For my […]
ESEA reauthorization blueprint, the CliffNotes version
I have several meetings today, but I want to write down my thoughts on Duncan’s ESEA reauthorization “blueprint” before I forget them. As I wrote over the weekend, Mike Petrilli is reading the substance of the blueprint correctly; the Obama administration is proposing that federal policy walk back a few steps from NCLB’s absolutist mechanisms […]