Perverse Incentives in Florida’s Middle School Math Acceleration
Even ExcelinEd’s Levesque Can Smell the Accountabaloney One of Accountabaloney’s first advocacy efforts involved hand-delivering foam clown noses to state…
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Simon says Focus on Students, Not Just Their Ability to Take a Test
Our public school education system is a choice for our families. It is a choice for our families….
Governor Waives Statewide Testing Requirements… For Some.
With public schools converting to distal learning during a global pandemic, after hearing the calls from parents from…
Algebra 1 Standards: Will the FLDOE Listen?
On October 14, 2019, the Florida Department of Education (FLDOE) held another session of their Florida Standards Listening…
Prediction: State Test Score Release Will Result in Accountabaloney.
State mandated standardized test scores and the resultant school grade calculations are due out any day now. There…
Student Success vs Gamesmanship
At the June 26th Monroe County School Board workshop, the recently released 2017-2018 State Assessment Scores were discussed….
Bad Math Either Way
On Friday, 9/23/2016, Hillsborough County Superintendent Jeff Eakins, representing the Florida Association of District School Superintendents (FADSS), will address…
The Hazards of Playing the Accelerated Math Game
This is the Accountabaloney Math Blog where a superintendent admits administrators participate in “gamesmanship” to influence school grades…
Skip Ahead or Remediate? Compliance Rather Than Commitment
A student who scored a 329 (or a Level 2) on their 7th grade Math Florida Standards Assessment…
What Is the Goal of the Algebra 1 EOC?
It’s that time of the year: all across Florida, the children are crying, stressed and overwhelmed. Why? It…
Algebra 1 EOC: Ridiculously High Stakes
5/22/2016, ACCOUNTABALONEY UPDATE: At the 2016 Spring FOIL Conference (Florida Organization of Instructional Leaders), The FLDOE gave a presentation…
SB1360: Baloney on Rye ADDENDUM
This is an addendum to our previous blog, “SB1360: Baloney on Rye is Still Full of Baloney” :…
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