Florida gets millions to devise new student assessment tests
Florida is among 26 states that will receive $170 million in federal education aid to help develop a new standardized assessment system.
BY CARLI TEPROFF
CTEPROFF@MIAMIHERALD.COM
Florida is part of a consortium of 26 states that will receive a total of $170 million in federal funding to help develop new tests to assess students' mathematics and language arts skills, the U.S. secretary of education announced Thursday.
The money is on top of $700 million the state will receive for being selected as a winner in the federal government's second round of the Race to the Top competition.
``Done right, with appropriate local teacher and leader input, the
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