Linking pay to tests.Florida Florida, state, United States Florida (flôr`ĭdə, flŏr`–), state in the extreme SE United States. A long, low peninsula between the Atlantic Ocean (E) and the Gulf of Mexico (W), Florida is bordered by Georgia and is joining other districts' plans to tie teacher raises and bonuses directly to students' standardized test A standardized test is a test administered and scored in a standard manner. The tests are designed in such a way that the "questions, conditions for administering, scoring procedures, and interpretations are consistent" [1] scores beginning next year. It marks the first time a state has so closely linked wages to student exam results. The program comes with mixed reviews as teacher unions and some education experts say schools are not factories and output is not so easily measured, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. The Washington Post. |
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