Not exact matches
For instance, schools taking kids with scholarships funded through Florida's tax credit program must be approved by the
state, meet teacher - qualification requirements, and administer either
state exams or nationally norm - referenced
tests and
share the
results with a researcher contracted by the
state to report on scholarship students» progress.
As Louisiana superintendent John White has noted, «[S] tates... want [
test]
results that are comparable with other
states, they want the cost savings that come with
sharing development of
test questions across multiple
states, but at the same time they want to maintain control of their own
test.»
This view was not universally
shared among school personnel, who pointed to a track record of good
results on the old
state test and rankings, where Tortuga Shoals was always in the top 10 percent of the districts in the region.303 To legitimate these directions for improvement, the superintendent commissioned a curriculum audit by outside consultants, with the expectation that
results from this audit would provide direction and legitimacy to a new plan for improving teaching and learning in the district.
State Department of Education staff informed school superintendents that starting today they could access their district's 2015 SBAC
test results via the
State Department of Education's website, but they could not
share the information since the
results were «embargoed.»