Archive for September, 2015

Times: latest on Florida’s Best and Brightest bonus

Times: latest on Florida’s Best and Brightest bonus Transcripts are now okay… CRHS Teacher sits for ACT Citrus County Schools received an email today from the Florida Department of Education on our challenge to the FL-DOE’s Technical Assistance Paper which stated, “An official record is the original score report from ACT or the College Board […]

Times Reports: Official transcript not good enough for Florida’s Best and Brightest

Times Reports: Official transcript not good enough for Florida’s Best and Brightest So lets get this straight… official school transcripts can be used for verifying student’s passed courses and assessment scores– but evidently cannot be used for verification of teacher’s ACT or SAT for the Best and Brightest Scholarship program. Tampa Bay Times Staff Writer […]

FSA Validity Study: Results Valid

FSA Validity Study: Results Valid FL FSA study finds “test scores should not be used as a sole determinant in decisions” such as graduation, retention or remediation This morning the Florida Department of Education announced that Alpine Testing Solutions, the Utah company contracted to conduct a validity study on the Florida Standards Assessment (FSA). The […]