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State bills grapple with widening achievement gaps for K-8 students


News Service of Florida
As the state’s standardized testing “season” looms for students, teachers and schools, proposals that would help accommodate for what is being called the “COVID slide” are receiving bipartisan support in the Florida Senate.
The proposals are aimed at grappling with widening achievement gaps and other educational setbacks caused by difficulties with virtual learning and school disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Senate Education Appropriations Subcommittee on Wednesday approved a bill (SB 200), filed by Sen. Lori Berman, D-Delray Beach, that seeks to allow parents of students in kindergarten through eighth grades to keep children in their current grade levels for next school year. The bill also was earlier approved by the Senate Education Committee. ....

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