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Friday, January 18, 2013

John Legg Urges Tony Bennett to Take Swift Action on SAT and ACT Concordant Scores | Scathing Purple Musings

John Legg Urges Tony Bennett to Take Swift Action on SAT and ACT Concordant Scores | Scathing Purple Musings:


John Legg Urges Tony Bennett to Take Swift Action on SAT and ACT Concordant Scores

Good for John Legg. And good reporting by the  Tampa Bay Times Jeff Solochek:
News that the Florida Department of Education has yet to set concordant scores between the FCAT 2.0 and the SAT and ACT for current high school juniors did not sit well with state Senate Education Policy Committee chairman John Legg.
Legg, who learned of the situation when reading a story in the Tampa Bay Times, shot off a letter (attached below) to new education commissioner Tony Bennett on Thursday urging him to solve the problem. Fast.
In it, Legg “strongly” recommended that the department allow all students to use the existing concordant scores to satisfy the state’s high school graduation requirements until officials can