Alachua Schools to Vote on FCAT Resolution Tue 6 pm

At least Palm Beach and Broward have already voted on this type of resolution.  Part of the article is pasted below with the link.

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20120604/ARTICLES/120609822?p=1&...

The resolution calls on Gov. Rick Scott, the state Board of Education and federal officials to develop a system for accountability that uses a variety of methods to measure student performance. It also calls for an overhaul of the No Child Left Behind Act, asking federal lawmakers to reduce testing mandates.

Griffin emphasized that districts want to be held accountable, but current state and federal testing mandates are not the answer.

“We want to encourage the state of Florida, the governor and the state Board of Education to come up with a different type of accountability standard,” Griffin said. “Basing everything on one day in a child’s year is not the correct way, we believe.”