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Florida

Adoption Status

Adoption Status: Adopted with Modifications
Adoption Date: 07/27/2010

Implementation Status

Implementation Type: Incremental
Implementation Timeline: 2011-12, Kindergarten only; 2012-13; Grade 1; 2013-14, All grade levels; 2014-2015, Kindergarten through Grade 12 adopted English Language Arts Florida Standards (LAFS) and Mathematics Florida Standards (MAFS)

Assessment

Assessment Consortia: State Issued

Florida Details

Name of Standards: Florida's Standards
Standards Numbering Example: Florida has state-specific numbering
Common Core Numbering Example: CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.OA.A.1
Florida Numbering Example: Math, Grade 1: MAFS.1.OA.1.1
State Documents: English/Language Arts
Mathematics
Last Reviewed: 10/03/2016

Florida News

AIR to Pay Florida $4.8 Million For Last Year’s Botched Tests (September 6, 2016)

Florida releases grades for schools around the state (July 8, 2016)

Florida taking public comment on new federal education law (July 1, 2016)

ESEA, NCLB, ESSA, and YOU: What do they stand for, what do you stand for? (June 21, 2016)

Some Schools Want to Flunk Kids Who Opt Out of Standardized Tests (June 2, 2016)

In some places, Common Core means a new kind of report card (April 10, 2016)

Florida Senate panel endorses alternatives to controversial statewide assessment test (January 27, 2016)

New standards set for grades given Florida schools, students (January 7, 2016)

Florida’s New School Standards Both “Successful” And A “Disaster” (June 21, 2015)

What a Second Term of Rick Scott or Charlie Christ Will Mean for Florida Education (October 27, 2014)