Daily Archives: August 19, 2015

House passes baseline map, reigniting tension with Senate

by: Matt Dixon|Politico Florida August 18, 2015 The full House on Tuesday passed baseline congressional maps impacting a handful of incumbents and, in the process, re-ignited a tension with the Senate that dominated much of last spring’s legislative session. Lawmakers are in the final week of a special session needed to redraw congressional lines after…

Is Florida’s new test valid? Study due Sept. 1 should give answers

by: Leslie Postal|Orlando Sentinel August 19, 2015 The study to determine whether Florida’s new standardized test is a valid one is due in Tallahassee on Sept. 1. The study of the Florida Standards Assessments is being run by two outside testing companies that have filed detailed reports on what they’ve done — but provided few…