FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
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STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
JOHN L. WINN
Commissioner of Education
F. PHILIP HANDY,
Chairman
T. WILLARD FAIR,
Vice Chairman
Members
DONNA G. CALLAWAY
JULIA L. JOHNSON
R
OBERTO MARTÍNEZ
P
HOEBE RAULERSON
L
INDA K. TAYLOR
CONTACT PERSON
Name:
Susan McNally
Phone:
(850) 245-0760
Suncom:
205-0760
Email:
susan.mcnally@fldoe.org
K12:
2005-50
MEMORANDUM
TO:
District School Superintendents
FROM:
Jim Warford
DATE:
April 22, 2005
SUBJECT:
Review of the Sunshine State Standards
As part of its implementation of State Board of Education Strategic Imperative 2: Set, Align, and
Apply Academic Curricular and Testing Standards, the Florida Department of Education is in the
process of conducting a review of the Sunshine State Standards during 2005. The current standards
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325 W. GAINES STREET • SUITE 514 • TALLAHASSEE, FL 32399-0400 • (850) 245-0509 • www.fldoe.org
District School Superintendents
April 22, 2005
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It is hoped that the result of this standards review can be adopted by the State Board of Education in
the fall of 2005 for implementation beginning with the 2006-07 school year. This will allow most of
the 2005-06 school year for professional development for teachers and development of
implementation tools by the Department and by school districts.
The Department of Education is providing a web-based system for stakeholder input on needed
changes to individual Sunshine State Standards benchmarks. Stakeholders who have concerns
regarding individual benchmarks will be able to share those concerns and suggest changes. This
system can be accessed at http://data.fldoe.org/sss/default.cfm or by going to the Sunshine State
Standards home page on the Department of Education's website at www.fldoe.org.
In addition to the Stakeholder Input System, Department staff have provided or will be providing
opportunities for stakeholder input at the following events: Subject-Area Conferences (10/04); Title I
Conference (11/04); Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Conference (1/05); Panhandle School
and District Administrators (2/05); Subject-Area Supervisors Meetings (4/05); FASA Assistant
Principal’s Conference (4/05); and others. In addition, an on-demand webcast providing an overview
of the review process, and instructions for using a web-based system for stakeholder input, can be
accessed at the Sunshine State Standards home page on the Department of Education’s website at
www.fldoe.org.
I encourage all who have suggestions to share them with the Department. Feedback from the
Stakeholder Input System will be compiled by mid-May, but there will also be opportunities for
stakeholders to comment on the draft of the review of the standards at this website beginning in mid-
to late summer
NOTE:
Please make sure that persons designated to receive copies of this memo are signed-up to
receive correspondence from the Department paperless communication site since hard copies are not
being sent out. The site address is http://www.firn.edu/doe/menu/communications.htm. If they are
not currently signed-up, please provide them with a copy of this memorandum.
JW/smf
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