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Download full textBlazer, Christie – Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2018
This Information Capsule summarizes the history of educational reform in the State of Florida from the 1970s through the present. Although the Florida Legislature has modified accountability policies and added new reforms over the years, the "A+ Plan for Education", signed into law by Governor Jeb Bush in 1999, remains the foundation of…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Accountability, State Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedLott, Winsor – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1983
The Florida Court decision reaffirms a state's right to impose a diploma sanction when competency tests are valid. Testing specialists now have a precedent for demonstrating curricular and instructional validity. Competency testing programs are a useful method for implementing instructional improvements. (DWH)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Change, Equal Education, Graduation Requirements
