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As the state’s standardized testing “season” looms for students, teachers and schools, proposals that would help accommodate for what is being called the “COVID slide” are receiving bipartisan support in the Florida Senate.
The proposals are aimed at grappling with widening achievement gaps and other educational setbacks caused by difficulties with virtual learning and school disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Senate Education Appropriations Subcommittee on Wednesday approved a bill (SB 200), filed by Sen. Lori Berman, D-Delray Beach, that seeks to allow parents of students in kindergarten through eighth grades to keep children in their current grade levels for next school year. The bill also was earlier approved by the Senate Education Committee.
Florida lawmakers look to address educational setbacks due to pandemic
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FILE - A YMCA staff member assists a child as they attend online classes at a learning hub inside the Crenshaw Family YMCA during the COVID-19 pandemic on Feb. 17, 2021 in Los Angeles, California.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - As the state’s standardized testing season looms for students, teachers, and schools, proposals that would help accommodate for what is being called the COVID slide are receiving bipartisan support in the Florida Senate.
The proposals are aimed at grappling with widening achievement gaps and other educational setbacks caused by difficulties with virtual learning and school disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
As the state’s standardized testing “season” looms for students, teachers and schools, proposals that would help accommodate for what is being called the “COVID slide” are receiving bipartisan support in the Florida Senate.
St. Johns school board asks education commissioner to lift negative consequences for state tests
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ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – In a letter sent to Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran, members of the St. Johns County School Board asked the state not to penalize the school district based on the results of the Florida Standards Assessments (FSA) tests.
“We want to give the test because we want to understand where our children are performing. However, given the impacts of the pandemic, we don’t believe that it is in the best interest of children or teachers or schools to hold them accountable for the results,” said board member Beverly Slough during a Tuesday meeting. “We had, as we all know, quite a lot of COVID slide among our kids and it’s taken a while to reveal those skills and to move forward.”
The proposals are aimed at grappling with widening achievement gaps and other educational setbacks caused by difficulties with virtual learning and school disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic.