Florida’s New Testing Non-Profit Has Received $36 Million in Grants From Gates Foundation
You just knew there had to be a catch. Yesterday’s news that Education Commissioner Pam Stewart had selected a new testing company to replace FCAT. Erin Jester reports in the Gainesville Sun: Stewart picked the nonprofit company American Institutes for Research to provide the test, which doesn’t yet have a name. The state is approving a six-year, $220 million contract with AIR to develop the test.
3-17-14 Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida
Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida, red in Washington, dark sky-blue in Israel and public school in Education: The Florida Voucher Cap Cost Limit Allows for a Stunning Rise to Almost $1 BillionWhen a Florida superintendent of schools said last week that the expansion of Florida’s voucher program would rise to $1 billion in five years, he knew what he was talking about. From the t