Why Hillsborough School Board’s Passage of Resolution on High-Stakes Testing Means More | Scathing Purple Musings

Why Hillsborough School Board’s Passage of Resolution on High-Stakes Testing Means More | Scathing Purple Musings:

Why Hillsborough School Board’s Passage of Resolution on High-Stakes Testing Means More

by Bob Sikes

From the Tampa Bay Times Marlene Sokol:

Testing — the subject of school board resolutions around the nation and state — has troubled (Board Chairwoman Candy) Olson for months.
At the board workshop on the issue, members spent more than an hour learning about state-ordered tests, national tests and the end-of-course exams that have existed in Hillsborough since 1984.
Asked if some tests could be eliminated, assessment director Samuel Whitten told members, “When you take something out, you provide less information for the teacher.”
But as in other districts, problems this year with the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test