tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107550755163115303.post8974429530482243088..comments2024-03-27T11:28:13.401-06:00Comments on Education Matters: HB 7609 scaling back testing is not nothing, just really close to it.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107550755163115303.post-23541525543826905742015-04-17T04:36:06.259-06:002015-04-17T04:36:06.259-06:00Actually, the law doesn't eliminate district w...Actually, the law doesn't eliminate district written EOCs for non-state tested classes. It only gives Districts permission to stop giving them. Each district has to make that decision. But now we are back to where the data component for a teacher's evaluation comes from. That PE, Art teacher? Without a subject specific EOC, they go back to the state reading score? That was last year's controversy. <br /><br />The whole thing is still a mess. The legislature treated the surface, the appearance, for good PR. But the real problem has not been addressed. That is the overreliance on test generated data alone for determining the performance of schools, teachers, and students. There are better ways of assessing learning than standardized tests, but that would mean trusting teachers and administrators as professionals, something few seem willing to do anymore. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03544213160574214282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107550755163115303.post-75584788540786319562015-04-15T19:39:29.911-06:002015-04-15T19:39:29.911-06:00Any information on the part of the law that elimin...Any information on the part of the law that eliminates EOCs for non-state tested classes? <br /><br />Palm Beach Post is the only place I've read about it. http://extracredit.blog.palmbeachpost.com/2015/04/14/gov-scott-signs-off-on-earlier-school-start-testing-cuts/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com