{"id":1160,"date":"2010-01-23T12:18:38","date_gmt":"2010-01-23T16:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=1160"},"modified":"2010-01-23T12:18:38","modified_gmt":"2010-01-23T16:18:38","slug":"maybe-science-wont-be-left-behind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1160","title":{"rendered":"Maybe science won’t be left behind"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is the majority of science being left behind in Florida public schools? Florida Rep. Legg tells the Gradebook<\/a> blog not to worry.<\/p>\n

Although only one high-stakes end-of-course science exam is now in the works as the Legislature looks to dump the high school FCAT, he said, other lower-stakes end-of-course science tests also will be part of the mix.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Our good friend Paul Cottle feels a bit better now<\/a>.<\/p>\n

By \u00e2\u20ac\u0153low-stakes,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he means that they will be standardized final exams for all Florida high schools, by statute accounting for about 30% of a student\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s final grade in the course.\u00c2\u00a0 They will not be used to determine a school\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s grade, but it will be clear to the teachers and administrators how well the students in their schools are learning the subjects.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Is the majority of science being left behind in Florida public schools? Florida Rep. Legg tells the Gradebook blog not to worry. Although only one high-stakes end-of-course science exam is now in the works as the Legislature looks to dump … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcZNLl-iI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":644,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=644","url_meta":{"origin":1160,"position":0},"title":"High-stakes vs. low-stakes","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"July 10, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"The Palm Beach Post reports on a study that looked at what influence failing schools' focus on high-stakes test improvement has on other low-stakes tests. 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