FL S1710

Discontinues administration of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) and replaces it with subject area assessments for grades 3-5, end-of-course assessments for grades 6-12, and diagnostic assessments for grades 6, 8, and 10.

Changes high school graduation requirements to base successful academic performance on end-of-course assessments, grade point average, student portfolios, and other measurable indicators, rather than FCAT passage.

Requires school districts to provide remediation and intervention services to students not meeting grade-level expectations, and eliminates mandatory retention for grade 3 students in favor of promotion for good cause.

Converts the Florida School Recognition Program to the "Every Child Matters Program" to provide financial assistance to schools for remediation and intervention services for low-performing students rather than performance bonuses to teachers.

Establishes a task force to develop high school graduation standards for career-track students and an alignment committee to develop new assessment standards and school grading formulas, with implementation beginning in the 2016-2017 school year.