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FDOE Pulls Back SB736 Teacher Data Marking Third Flawed Data Roll Out This Year | Scathing Purple Musings

FDOE Pulls Back SB736 Teacher Data Marking Third Flawed Data Roll Out This Year | Scathing Purple Musings:


FDOE Pulls Back SB736 Teacher Data Marking Third Flawed Data Roll Out This Year

It was there. Then it was gone. Writes Joey Flechas in the Gainesville Sun:
The Florida Department of Education released statewide data on the new teacher evaluations Wednesday only to pull it back in the afternoon.
After officials in Hillsborough County reported problems with the numbers, which contained duplicate records, the DOE took the report off its website to review the records.
The DOE released this statement late Wednesday afternoon:
“Hillsborough County Management Information Systems staff notified the Department of Education