Bush/Brogan A+ Plan Evidence
This plan was introduced in Florida in 1999 to increase school accountability
What is Bush/Brogan A+ Plan?
This was a major goal of the A+ Plan regarding school performance
What is improving accountability?
This plan focuses on long-term improvement of Florida's education system
What is The Florida Strategic Education Plan
This is a major intended outcome of the plan for students.
What is higher achievement and graduation rates
Both plans aim to improve this overall aspect of education
What is student achievement
This system graded schools based on student performance and improvement
What is the A-F school grading system?
One positive effect was improved student performance on these
What are standardized test scores?
This is a key focus of the plan related to student success after high school
What is college and career readiness
The plan helps prepare students for these two paths after graduation
What are college and careers
The A+ Plan focuses on accountability, while this plan focuses on long-term growth
What is the Florida Strategic Education Plan
This type of testing was used to measure student achievement under the A+ Plan?
What is standardized testing (FCAT)?
Critics argued the plan placed too much focus on this
What is testing or "teaching to test"
The plan emphasizes improving outcomes in these core subject areas.
What is literacy(reading) and math
One strength of the plan is its focus on this approach to improvement
What is long-term planning
This is a key difference: A+ uses grading systems, while the other uses this
What is strategic goals or planning
Schools that repeatedly received low grades faced this consequence?
What is intervention or possible restructuring?
This group of schools often struggled the most under the grading system
What are low income or underperforming schools
This group is specifically supported through early learning initiatives
What are young children or early learners
This is a challenge schools may face when implementing the plan
What is adapting to new policies or resource limitations
Both plans use this to measure and guide student success
What is data or assessments
This was offered to students in failing schools as an option under the A+ Plan
What are school vouchers or school choice options?
This was a debated outcome related to school choice and vouchers
What is increased competition between schools
The plan promotes this type of decision-making using student data
What is data-driven instruction
This group benefits from targeted support through the plan
What are struggling or at-risk students
This describes how the two plans work together in Florida’s system
What is complementing each other to improve education