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Gov. DeSantis says lawmakers will consider a proposal during the next legislative session to end standardized testing in Florida's public schools. What that will look like remains to be seen.

On this week's "The Florida Roundup," we talk about how Gov. DeSantis wants to end city and county vaccine mandates and the Florida Standards Assessment; a lawsuit seeks more transparency from the state in releasing COVID-19 data; and an all-civilian space crew.

Rather than testing students at the end of the school year, DeSantis wants to move to assessments in the fall, winter and spring as a way to be more "nimble."

Florida students’ scores on standardized tests dipped across the board in 2021, according to data published by the state Department of Education.

It would grant immunity from lawsuits stemming from the shift to online learning at the start of the pandemic.

A Polk County School Board member urges parents to research "opting out" this year, as a petition to waive the tests garners more than 14,000 signatures.

Poverty has long been an obstacle to reading. A new program called the Big Plan aims to boost reading scores by giving extra, individual attention to a…

The Florida Department of Education has released the results for standardized tests students took this spring.The scores include the Florida Standards…

State Board of Education members are pushing for Florida officials to use the transition to a new standardized test as an opportunity to boost how well...