Why? Concerned about stagnant growth on the 2019 National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP), Florida adopted the Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking (B.E.S.T.) Standards with an aggressive three-year timeline for full implementation in the 2022-2023 school year. Recognizing that the standards are student-centered expectations from which all curriculum, instruction, and assessments are based, the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) partnered […]
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