Dear Governor Scott, suspend testing consequences

On Tuesday, May 12^th, 2015 the Citrus County School Board unanimously approved a letter to be sent to Florida Governor Rick Scott to suspend testing consequences.

I want to thank my fellow Board Members for their approval of this letter and for their continual support of doing what is best for our students and educators.

I further want to the Director of Department of Research and Accountability, Patrick Simon and his coordinator, Amy Crowell; Program Specialist Karen Jordan; our attorney Wes Bradshaw; and our former Board colleague Pat Deutschman who greatly contributed to this letter.

Thank you to the Chronicle and Tampa Bay Times for sharing stories about our letter to Gov. Scott.

Chronicle Story: School board to Scott: Nullify test this year
http://www.chronicleonline.com/content/school-board-scott-nullify-test-year

Tampa Bay Times Story: Citrus School Board calls on Gov. Rick Scott to suspend testing consequences
http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/gradebook/citrus-school-board-calls-on-gov-rick-scott-to-suspend-testing-consequences/2229458

Excerpt from the letter:

We therefore are imploring you to use the authority of your office to immediately sign an executive order that would suspend:

• the use of these assessments for students’ grades,
• the use of these assessments for course requirements,
• the use of these assessments for graduation requirements,
• the use of these assessments for any performance pay requirements for teachers and administrators
• the school accountability/school grade for the 2014 – 2015 school year.

Click here to download the CCSB 5/12/2015 Letter to Gov. Scott

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