PTA joins Superintendents in loss of faith in school accountability system

“…Parents and community stakeholders will not continue to tolerate this mess” ~ Florida PTA

Florida PTA joined the Florida Association of District School Superintendents in being fed up with the Florida education accountability system and do not want the test scores from the new Florida Standards Assessments to determining teachers’ performance evaluations and school grades.

The Tampa Bay Times is reporting, “In its own statement today, the Florida PTA said it stands with the superintendents. The group agrees that schools should get an ‘incomplete’ for 2014-15 school grades, rather than have the FSA test results dictate a letter grade.”

The Florida PTA stated, “The fact that the school districts have lost faith in the decisions of the Department of Education must be rectified. Parents and community stakeholders will not continue to tolerate this mess“. Click here to read Florida PTA Press Release.

This Florida PTA statement today follows Thursday, September 24, 2015 press release by The Florida Association of District School Superintendents who said, “Florida Superintendents have lost confidence in the accountability system”, and asked for four specific recommendations to be addressed. Click here to read FADSS Press Release.

I agree with both the PTA and FADSS and do not believe that the 2015 FSA or other new high-stakes test scores should be used in determining teachers’ performance evaluations and school grades. It is my hope that the Florida School Boards Association (which the Citrus County School Board is a member) will join the PTA and the FADSS in collectively speaking out against the use of this questionable data.

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