Torrie Kearney is stressed out. No, really. The 8th grader at Sanderlin IB World School in south St. Petersburg is "getting kind of nervous" about her upcoming Florida Standards Assessments, an ...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Tuesday that Florida would be ending its highest-profile statewide standardized testing (FSA testing), after this school year. It's been a key ...
If you're the parent of a middle- or high-schooler, you might be wondering what the heck happened to their report cards. Blame the FSA. That is, the Florida Standards Assessments "End of Course" tests ...
High-stakes year-end standardized tests, a staple of Florida’s educational system for more than two decades, will soon be scrapped in favor a new system that offers short “check-in” assessments ...
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is now proposing the end of Florida Statewide Assessments. This past week, he announced lawmakers will work on a bill to switch from standardized testing to progress ...
Leon and Wakulla counties were among the top school districts on state exams, according to the latest wave of testing information released by the Department of Education earlier this week. The data ...
Thousands of Central Florida students are diving into Florida Standards Assessments testing for the very last time, but its not the end of standardized testing. Florida rolled out FSA testing in 2016.
Ever since Gov. Jeb Bush instituted the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, or FCAT, in the 1990s, I cheered every time the state of Florida changed its testing program. This time has gotta be ...
Education Commissioner Pam Stewart thinks her recommendations for how to score Florida’s new tests are best, as they are based on input from educators and on a respected process “that has served ...
This post has been updated. Florida should scrap its new standardized test and use national exams in its place next year, a “simple solution” to the testing controversies and problems that plagued ...
OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. — The Florida Legislature will take up two bipartisan bills that would help more than 265,000 students improve their odds of passing the Florida Statewide Assessment (FSA) tests.