Welcome to cfac
The Central Florida Assessment Collaborative is a collaborative organization of K-12 public school districts throughout the state of Florida, working together to develop high-quality, common assessments.
In 2011, the Florida Legislature passed Senate Bill 736, which had profound implications for all educators.
Two components of this bill are are of particular interest for these projects:
Statute 1008.22(8): Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, each school district shall administer for each course offered in the district a student assessment that measures mastery of the content.
Statute 1012.34(1): At least 50 percent of a performance evaluation must be based upon data and indicators of student learning growth assessed annually by statewide assessments or, for subjects and grade levels not measured by statewide assessments, by school district assessments.
Our projects give teachers the unique opportunity to be instrumental in developing the assessments by which their students' content mastery will be measured, and upon which 50% of their evaluations will be based. Additionally, since most districts do not yet have standardized assessments in place for these "gap" courses, teachers are currently being evaluated based on other Value Added Model scores. Once these assessments are completed, teacher evaluations will be based on student performance on exams for these specific courses, not on generic VAM scores.
In 2011, the Florida Legislature passed Senate Bill 736, which had profound implications for all educators.
Two components of this bill are are of particular interest for these projects:
Statute 1008.22(8): Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, each school district shall administer for each course offered in the district a student assessment that measures mastery of the content.
Statute 1012.34(1): At least 50 percent of a performance evaluation must be based upon data and indicators of student learning growth assessed annually by statewide assessments or, for subjects and grade levels not measured by statewide assessments, by school district assessments.
Our projects give teachers the unique opportunity to be instrumental in developing the assessments by which their students' content mastery will be measured, and upon which 50% of their evaluations will be based. Additionally, since most districts do not yet have standardized assessments in place for these "gap" courses, teachers are currently being evaluated based on other Value Added Model scores. Once these assessments are completed, teacher evaluations will be based on student performance on exams for these specific courses, not on generic VAM scores.