Acting commissioner of education Jeanine Blomberg's statement "Regarding Variations in Third Grade FCAT Reading Results," (May 23, 2007).

FCAT bombshell (From F-TREND, May 27, 2007)

Links to news and commentary from the first week after the news broke about the scoring error (May 23 - May 26).

Links to news and commentary, May 27 - June 2

Links to news and commentary, June 3 - June 9

Links to news and commentary since June 9

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Open Letter to Governor Crist and Education Commissioner Blomberg. FCAR sends open letter to Gov. Crist and Ed. Commissioner Blomberg calling for comprehensive, public review of state tests in wake of scoring error (May 28, 2007).

The news was reported in the St. Petersburg Times education blog The Gradebook (May 28, 2007).

Commissioner Blomberg responds to FCAR's letter, asking the group to send a representative to the FLDOE's FCAT external advisory group to meet June 1, 2007 (May 31, 2007). Dr. Robert Lange, retired UCF professor of educational measurement, agrees to represent FCAR.

Jeff Solochek of the St. Petersburg Times interviews our own Bob Schaeffer. The interview can be found at the Times education blog, The Gradebook.

A Seat at the Table (From F-TREND, June 3, 2003)

The Gradebook reported details about the "FCAT External Advisory Committee," including the names of  committee members

Report on the August 8, 2007 meeting of the External FCAT Advisory Group. As FCAR’s representative on the advisory group convened by the Florida Department of Education to address the scoring anomalies in the 2006 grade 3 reading FCAT and other related issues, Dr. Sherman Dorn of Tampa attended the meeting and filed a report from which these highlights are taken. (Click here for PDF version)

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House Democrats call on Gov. Crist to audit the FCAT. Read their letter here.