Bill > S0964

This bill provides several key changes to the education accountability system in Florida: - It requires high school charter schools to administer the same grade 10 English Language Arts assessment for high school graduation purposes as the local school district. - It revises the requirements for a standard high school diploma, including removing the requirement to take the statewide Geometry end-of-course (EOC) assessment and the statewide United States History EOC assessment. - It provides the Commissioner of Education the authority to select a nationally recognized high school assessment that school districts may choose to administer in lieu of the grade 10 Florida Standards Assessment for English Language Arts. - It makes changes to the school grading system, including adding an extended-year adjusted cohort graduation rate and at least one indicator of school quality or student access for the 2018-2019 school year and beyond. - It requires the Department of Education to provide more detailed analysis of student performance on statewide assessments to school districts. - It modifies the teacher and principal evaluation system requirements, including revising the criteria used to evaluate instructional personnel and school administrators.

Education

http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2017/964