In the United States, on Tuesday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed the bill to change standardized student testing.
The Public Schools in Florida will be replaced with the assessments taken during the year to check the student’s progress under a bill that was signed on Tuesday, March 15.
Moreover, the test will be provided at the starting, middle and end of the school year so that the teachers can better assess how the student is doing in his academics (Maths and Science).
DeSantis highlighted the testing would take less time than the current Florida Standards Assessments.
Along with this, DeSantis added, “We can get the same information from the FSA in a much shorter period of time and in a way to get really quick feedback for parents, teachers and students. Under the FSA, students, parents and teachers would receive the results after the school year. Well, it was too late to do anything about that. How are you going to remediate if you see problems.”
The bill was preferably for DeSantis, who has made the announcement related to the proposal in September 2021. He signed the bill at a St. Petersburg high school.
However, the teachers must share the results of the test from the fall and winter within a week or in two weeks with the parents. On the other hand, the testing will take place on the computers until there is a specific requirement for a child to take the paper test.
Furthermore, DeSantis asserted, “By eliminating FSA and transitioning to progress monitoring, we are really going to help bolster the conversations between parents and teachers so they can work together to make sure our kids succeed.”
The teachers’ union president named, “This bill does not reduce testing but increases it. The bill does not focus on student learning or provide teachers time to monitor and assess children’s progress. In fact, it probably will add more work for already overwhelmed teachers.”
