Ready for testing: When Florida schools want their grades Jeffrey S. Solochek, Tampa Bay Times © John Pendygraft/Times Lakewood Elementary School kindergartners Kennedi Flournoy, 5, (right, front) and Heavenlei McKinnie, 5, (left) work on sight words Wednesday, April 7, 2020. Lakewood was one of the lowest performing schools in the state of Florida. Now it s one of the schools touted by the state as having avoided the COVID-slide, and is on its way to strong accountability performance.
The final round of state testing begins next week, with a release from the usual high stakes attached because of the ongoing pandemic. When crafting his emergency order on how the results may be used, education commissioner Richard Corcoran made clear that schools wishing to use the scores to their benefit would be allowed to do so. That came after a request from Pinellas County. Read on for that story and more Florida education news.
Ready for testing: When Florida schools want their grades
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