lorida Expands Extra-Hour Reading Initiative for Low-Performing Schools By Samantha Stainburn on June 3, 2014 2:37 PM | No comments Florida is expanding a measure that requires a longer academic day in the states lowest performing public elementary schools. The mandate, which until now roped in 100 elementary schools based on state reading tests, will now reach 300 schools. The Sunshine State first established the requirement under legislation approved in 2012. As originally designed, the 100 public elementary schools with the lowest reading scores on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, or FCAT, had to extend their day by an hour and use that time for reading instruction. But this years state budget, signed on June 2 by Gov. Rick Scott, expands the requirement to reach the 300 lowest-performing schools, effective next fall. blogs.edweek.org/edweek/time_and_learning/2014/06/florida_expands_day_reading.html
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