{"id":1502,"date":"2012-02-29T07:39:54","date_gmt":"2012-02-29T11:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=1502"},"modified":"2012-02-29T08:48:24","modified_gmt":"2012-02-29T12:48:24","slug":"grading-on-the-curve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1502","title":{"rendered":"Grading on the curve?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Orlando Sentinel School Zone blog reports<\/a> that Florida’s science standards’ grade given by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute has been reconsidered. Before the standards were revised in 2008, the standards had been given F after F after F. The first grade issued after the revision was expected to be a vast improvement; we were hoping for a B or even an A. Instead, we got a D.<\/p>\n

However, that grade has suddenly been revised after some folks called Fordham to complain. We now have a C<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0There is no explanation yet as to how Fordham justifies that grade change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Orlando Sentinel School Zone blog reports that Florida’s science standards’ grade given by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute has been reconsidered. Before the standards were revised in 2008, the standards had been given F after F after F. The … 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-oe","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1480,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1480","url_meta":{"origin":1502,"position":0},"title":"Darn those unofficial reviews!","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"January 31, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"As I stared at our science standards' new D grade from the Fordham Foundation, I had vague recollections that a couple of Fordham's reviewers had looked over the standards back when they were being revised. They were quite enthused by what they saw then, I thought. So, I dug through\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1476,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1476","url_meta":{"origin":1502,"position":1},"title":"Florida science standards: D","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"January 31, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Florida's science standards were dismal. The Thomas B. Fordham Institute regularly reviews\/grades all states' science standards and for the entire life of that report Florida's standards were given F after F. This year is the first time our standards are being reviewed after a complete overhaul in 2008. 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The Florida Department of Education called the grade \u00e2\u20ac\u009ddisappointing\u00e2\u20ac\u009d but said it \u00e2\u20ac\u009dwill take a very\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1940,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1940","url_meta":{"origin":1502,"position":4},"title":"All sorts of interesting news today","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"August 1, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Science standards, opposition to evolution in Kentucky, Florida's uncertain science standards future, and Bennett's resignation. All wrapped up in one brief story. Gotta love it. In Florida, where state officials have previously signaled strong interest in adopting the standards (though it's not a lead state), the verdict is out. 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