CLOSING THE RACIAL ACHIEVEMENT GAP: LEARNING FROM FLORIDA'S REFORMS.(Company overview) States News Service (9/17/2010)
...districts, annual tests, curbing social...and flexibility, Florida's Hispanic students...the lessons of Florida's success to...address the racial achievement gap in K-12 education...possible. In 1999, Florida enacted a series...annual ...

K12's Florida Virtual Academy Receives an 'A' for the 2008-2009 Academic Year. Education Letter (7/1/2009)
...was given the highest score for a Florida public school. The Florida Department of Education gives every...grade based primarily upon student achievement data from the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT). School ...

Florida court rules against voucher program.(NATION) National Catholic Reporter (1/27/2006)
...of the Florida Comprehensive Achievement Test, but 60 percent...federal program. Florida's high school...instituted the Florida Comprehensive Achievement Test, ...

Accountability with a Kicker: Observations on the Florida A+ Accountability Plan. Phi Delta Kappan (4/1/2004)
...time it was implemented, the Florida voucher program was unique...performance on the FCATs (Florida Comprehensive Achievement Tests) -- the state tests in math...For further details on the Florida A+ Plan, ...

STANDARDIZED TESTS AREN'T HELPFUL TO STUDENTS, SCHOOLS.(EDITORIAL)(GUEST COLUMN)(Column) The Capital Times (2/13/2002)
...the power of tests to skew curriculum...drilling kids on test-taking strategies...Teachers at Florida's Gulf Gate...misuse of the Florida Comprehensive Achievement Test and its unfair...not on these ...

Better School Libraries Mean Better Scores, Florida Education Officials Learn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News (3/1/2004)
...but one that Florida hasn't yet...in student achievement. When students take the Florida Comprehensive Assessment...into better test scores, according...of Central Florida study. Yet...do well on tests -- at ...

Preparing minority students for high-stakes tests: who are we cheating? Childhood Education (6/22/2006)
...the state of Florida, a grade...performed on the Florida Comprehensive Achievement Tests. What is...comparable test preparation...taking skills. Test-taking skills...preparation tests, many ...

VOUCHERS PROVIDE INCENTIVE TO PASS TESTS.(NEWS) The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) (2/16/2001)
...later, a new study suggests. Florida schools that received F's...all schools did better on the Florida Comprehensive Achievement Test from 1999 to 2000, regardless...in math. The president of Florida's teachers' union, ...

Florida Teachers Criticize Standardized Test Questions on State Exam. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News (3/2/2001)
...Business News Mar. 2--Florida's largest teachers union...state to stop using the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test to measure student achievement until a nonpartisan group...ensure its validity. The Florida Education ...