FSA Technical Report: Looking For What Isn’t There
“Looking For What Isn’t There,” the Brief Version: Almost since the day the Department of Education signed the…
Student Achievement and FSA Validity: More Accountabaloney
A test is only valid if the results are used in a valid way. If a test’s results…
Vaccines, FSA, Santa Claus and a side of Baloney
On 2/29/16, the Tampa Bay Times reported Florida Education Commissioner, Pam Stewart, in a conference call with superintendents, stated her…
2016 FSA Administration: Ready or Not, Here it Comes
On February 25, 2016, my son’s 3rd grade Florida State Assessment (FSA) score report was delivered to his…
What Do Florida’s School Grades REALLY tell you?
“What was educationally significant and hard to measure has been replaced by what is educationally insignificant and…
SB1360: Questions for Senator Gaetz
Somewhere in Florida, Spring 2017: Anne is a student at school “A”, a perpetually “A” rated school in…
COMPETENCY BASED EDUCATION: Destroying Public Schools One Profitable Data Point at a Time
This is the planned statement I presented to the Monroe County School Board, my local district board, on Tuesday, January 26,…
SB1360: Baloney on Rye ADDENDUM
This is an addendum to our previous blog, “SB1360: Baloney on Rye is Still Full of Baloney” :…
SB1360: Baloney on Rye is Still Full of Baloney
On 1/20/2015, 10:32am, an addendum was published to this blog. You can find it here. “A Baloney Sandwich…
Trust Us, You Need to Change This
On the off chance Florida’s Department of Education might be listening, we offer this advice: Today, Florida Education…
FSA Cut Scores, a Call to Action and the Ingredients in Accountabaloney
On January 6, 2016, at 9AM, Florida’s Board of Education will meet to (finally) decide the cut scores…
FEE Panel Agrees: Raising Proficiency Levels Demands Accountabaloney Pause
On January 4, 2016, Florida’s State Board of Education will be setting the cut-scores/determining proficiency levels for the…
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