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School board adopts uniform statewide assessment calendar after debate over which district tests to list
Summary
The board approved the district's uniform statewide assessment calendar; trustees questioned whether locally used program assessments (SmartStart, Waterford) should appear on the state-submitted template.
The Volusia County School Board approved its uniform statewide assessment calendar for 2025-26, a document the state supplies as a template and the district populates with its testing windows. The presentation to the board explained the calendar must be board-approved and posted to the district website.
Dr. Valle (Assessment Office) described the calendar as a state template populated with district dates and said the internal teacher-facing calendar looks different because teachers need a simpler, more actionable layout. He told the board the dates shown matched the workshop presented roughly two months earlier and that the document format had changed…
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