The Fatal Disconnects in Florida’s Education Accountability System and the Emerging Education Industrial Complex | Scathing Purple Musings

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The Fatal Disconnects in Florida’s Education Accountability System and the Emerging Education Industrial Complex

by Bob Sikes

When Florida’s interim education commissioner Pam Stewart took the stage yesterday before the Senate Subcommittee on Education Appropriations to spin the release of SB 736 teacher evaluation data, her focus was on form and nuance. The only voice coming from the thicket was that of Sen. Bill Montford (D-Tallahassee). This from Florida Current reporter James Call:

“You telling me that a first grade teacher’s evaluation will be dependent upon students who perhaps that teacher had never seen?” said Sen. Bill Montford, D-Tallahassee.
“That is correct,” Stewart said. “There are some districts that have assessments that do measure first grade teachers and kindergarten teachers and some that do not.”

Naturally Stewart has a self-preservation gene and knew how to hit the tough question out of the ball park:

“That is correct,” Stewart said. “There are some districts that have assessments that do measure '