TAMPA (AP) — The state Board of Education is expected to consider amendments to new rules for incorporating English language learners into school accountability plans.
The board on Thursday will weigh in on five recommendations from Education Commissioner Gerard Robinson.
School leaders and advocates are upset that Robinson's proposed amendments only include one recommendation from a task force that looked at English learner students.
The task force was formed in February after the board approved new rules to make it tougher for Florida schools to get top grades. Those rules included using the proficiency rates, rather than learning gains, of English learners.
The task force recommended that a student's level of English fluency be used to weight their performance on the state's standardized assessment. Robinson did not include that request in his proposal.