Education Policy Briefs

In 2004, CIVIC commissioned a group of national and state experts to evaluate the effects of the A+ Plan on Florida's schools. You can read their findings and recommendations in the executive summary and individual reports below.

  1. Introduction
  2. Teachers' Views on High-Stakes Testing: Implications for the Classroom
  3. Reforming the Structure of Florida's Accountability System
  4. Alternatives for Florida's Assessment and Accountability System
  5. Innovation and Accountability: Vouchers, Charters, and the Florida Virtual School
  6. Funding Florida's Schools: Adequacy, Costs, and the State Constitution
  7. Putting a High-Quality Teacher in Every Florida Classroom
  8. Teacher Evaluation
  9. Retaining Students in Grade: Consequences for Florida