Testing Begins Rough In Florida, Citrus Seems Okay

Testing began today for the new Florida Standards Assessments (FSA) test in counties around Florida and in Citrus. Unfortunately some counties didn’t fare as well as Citrus. For example Miami-Dade and Broward schools have cancelled computer based testing for Tuesday. Schools in Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole and Volusia counties were also among those that reported problems.

In Citrus we tested around 800 students and only had a few issues, compared to the 30,000 reported in Miami-Dade.

There is a part of me that is still so angry that the State has not suspended punitively using the results of this year’s FSA against students and teachers. Therefore I am not surprised by the problems around the State. School Superintendents, School Boards, Administrators and Teachers from around Florida have been telling State Education Officials and Legislators for months that the testing systems were not ready. Thankfully for now Citrus has been okay, but it is early. Our excellent team of district and school administrators and educators are working diligently to ensure Citrus has as few issues as possible.

Please keep our students, teachers, testing monitors, and schools in your thoughts and prayers as our students embark on this challenging testing year. We’ll keep you updated.

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