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Florida Department of Education, 2014
The purpose of this technical assistance paper is to provide a description of the procedures used to determine school grades for the 2014 school year. Florida's current school accountability system originated with state legislation passed in 1999 (the "A+ Plan") and has been revised periodically to reflect increased standards and…
Descriptors: Computation, Accountability, State Legislation, State Standards
Schatschneider, Chris; Buck, Julie; Torgesen, Joseph; Wagner, Richard; Hassler, Laura; Hecht, Stephen; Powell-Smith, Kelly – Florida Center for Reading Research, 2004
This study was conducted in order to identify the major reading, cognitive, and linguistic skills that contribute to individual differences in performance on the reading portion of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) at third, seventh, and tenth grades. The authors were also interested in understanding the primary deficiencies in…
Descriptors: Reading Research, Thinking Skills, Construct Validity, Reading Achievement