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Common Placement Testing and Remediation for High School Students

Senate Bill 1908, passed by the 2008 Florida Legislature and signed into law by the Governor on June 30, 2008, includes revisions to section 1008.30, Florida Statutes, relating to common placement testing for postsecondary education and extending opportunities for remediation to high school seniors. Specifically, this legislation that requires cross-sector (secondary-postsecondary) cooperative efforts to expand the college/career readiness testing of 11th grade students who express postsecondary intent, and further collaborative efforts to make postsecondary remediation available to 12th grade students who demonstrate a need for and interest in additional preparation. Important goals of this law are to: 1) increase the number and percentage of students who graduate from high school "college and career ready"; 2) better communicate with 11th grade students and their parents the requirements and opportunities for enrollment in college-credit courses without a need for remediation, and; 3) to provide students, whose test scores in Reading, Writing and/or Mathematics indicate any gaps, an opportunity to attain needed competencies in 12th grade prior to high school graduation. Ultimately, this legislation will help us to graduate better prepared students, increase access to postsecondary opportunities, enhance career success, and promote student retention and completion in college.

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Mary Jane Tappen
Deputy Chancellor
K-12 Curriculum, Instruction, and Student Services

(850) 245-0834

Dr. Sandy Dilger
Sr. Educational Program Director
K-12 P.E.R.T.

(850) 245-0824