, a move that would fail thousands of students who have suffered from learning loss due to the pandemic.
But that minimal increase in graduation rates could end up becoming negligible as school districts across the state, specifically in Leon, Duval, Pasco, Hillsborough, Palm Beach and Lake counties, stated they have an increase in students who are at risk of not graduating because of new testing requirements.
Their appeals may have been heard. On Friday, a day after this story originally published online and went viral, Rep. Ralph E. Massullo, R-Lecanto, filed an amendment to In Florida, there are three components needed to graduate from high school: a 2.0 unweighted cumulative grade point average, course credit requirements and passing scores on the state math and English tests: the grade 10 Florida Standards Assessment for English Language Arts and the Algebra 1 End-of-Course Assessment.
“That two years of learning loss, not only did students have less opportunity for testing, but because of COVID and the interruption of the school day, they had less time to prepare and to receive the prep and support that normally would be in place for those students in ninth and tenth grades,” said Teresa Dennis, a Leon County Schools' district transition specialist and graduation coach.
Delaying the implementation of the test score increase again this year and next year would give them more time to catch up, Dennis said. Until they earn a passing score on the “corcordant” test or the state assessments, they won't graduate, Dennis said.Both Hillsborough and Pasco school districts said they don’t know yet how many seniors are at risk but are anticipating a drop in graduation rates as well.
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