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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 improvement ratings for alternative schools and ESE centers for the most recently completed school year. School improvement ratings are part of Florida's school accountability system, which originated with the Florida Legislature's…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Educational Improvement, State Legislation, Student Needs
Torgesen, Joseph K.; Foorman, Barbara R.; Wagner, Richard K. – Florida Center for Reading Research, 2007
Dyslexia is a term that has been applied since the early part of the 20th Century to many students with reading difficulties. The term comes from medicine, but its broadest application is within education. Many educators, however, remain confused about the term in spite of the fact that major advances in the understanding of dyslexia have been…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Reading Difficulties, Remedial Instruction, Disability Identification