Grumpy Educators: Florida Testing and Accountability System Creates Havoc in Private Schools

Grumpy Educators: Florida Testing and Accountability System Creates Havoc in Private Schools:

Florida Testing and Accountability System Creates Havoc in Private Schools

by Sandra

The smooth system of transferring credits from private schools to public schools has apparently been eliminated. According to an email sent to Governor Scott, the Volusia County Director of Assessment informed the Trinity Christian Academy in Deltona that credit will not be given to private school students who transfer to public school for courses, such as Algebra and Biology, because the standardized end-of-course tests are not available to them. If this information is correct, the Florida legislature, Commissioner of Education, and State School Board, by an act of incompetence or by design, have removed all alternative