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 Jeffrey S. Solochek writes, “Florida teachers thinking they can use their school transcripts to qualify for the state’s controversial Best and Brightest bonus system better think again.

The Department of Education issued a memo late last week saying that teachers must submit an “official” record of their SAT or ACT score to qualify for the award. And by “official,” the document stated, that meant an “original score report.”

Not the scores as listed on a school transcript.”

Follow this link to read article by Tampa Bay Times Reporter Jeffrey S. Solochek: http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/gradebook/official-transcript-not-good-enough-for-floridas-best-and-brightest-doe/2244641

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