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The Florida House has already passed a bill that scales back and eliminates some tests including one required of 11th graders. But the measure does not include the same provisions as the Senate legislation. GOP legislators in the House have also rejected changes pushed by Democrats, including one that calls for suspending the school-grading system as the state transitions to its new set of tests.
The panel - which makes up nearly half of the 40-member Senate -instead agreed to a compromise that would suspend the third grade retention policy until the test is validated. A policy requiring 10th graders to pass the test for graduation would also be suspended. Sen. John Legg, a sponsor of the testing bill, said there would be no way to validate the test in time for when schools must decide whether to hold students back.
Legg, however, pointed out that parents would still be told if a student did poorly on the reading test.
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