Florida School Board Association Supports FCAT Changes; Stakes Out Position Against Bush’s Foundation and Chamber of Commerce | Scathing Purple Musings

Florida School Board Association Supports FCAT Changes; Stakes Out Position Against Bush’s Foundation and Chamber of Commerce | Scathing Purple Musings:

Florida School Board Association Supports FCAT Changes; Stakes Out Position Against Bush’s Foundation and Chamber of Commerce

by Bob Sikes

Reports Leslie Postal in the Orlando Sentinel:

The Florida School Boards Association has joined the fray over the proposed new system for scoring FCAT exams.

The association president, Lee Swift, sent a letter to the State Board of Education last week urging it to adopt the proposal recommended in October by a so-called reactor panel, which included a dozen school superintendents.

As we wrote last week, there is now disagreement about where to set “cut scores” — the lines that divide scores into FCAT’s five levels and determine whether students are at, above or below grade level.

The state has decided to pull together another reactor panel to help the State Board of Education