Ocala Star-Banner Rips Gerard Robinson in High-Stakes Testing Flap
The editors of the Star-Banner have the plot down:
……..the Legislature and the DOE have generally taken a top-down, heavy-handed approach to student testing with little consideration of unfunded mandates and the ripple effects of a testing-dominant culture.Nor have they given any indication they’re the least bit interested in listening to the concerns of educators or school board members. This arrogance is best represented in Florida’s education commissioner, Gerard Robinson, for whom the Star-Banner has harsh criticism:
Education Commissioner Gerard Robinson is on the record as stating that Florida’s stakeholders in education “need to have a very healthy conversation about why assessments matter.”
Yet last week, Robinson criticized school boards and their associations for questioning the state’s