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Editorial: Education Week is grading Florida on the curve
An editorial in today's Treasure Coast newspapers points out that the "No. 8 in the nation" ranking from Education Week isn't quite what it seems to be. The magazine's report card for Florida looks good at first, but Florida is being "graded on the curve, and the competition isn’t too tough," the newspaper writes
While Education Week praises Florida for gains by poor students, and equal distribution of funds to school districts, the magazine didn't actually account for last year’s budget cuts, which capped off a decade-long trend of declining state support for schools.
The Florida Center for Fiscal and Economic Policy also calls attention to our D-minus for student achievement (scores on national standardized tests), F for funding per student, and F for college readiness (the state’s high-school graduation rate is 45th in the country).
Read more by downloading the issue brief from the Florida Center for Fiscal and Economic Policy here.
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