Last week, the Florida Board of Education approved a strategic plan that set different goals for student achievement in math and reading based on race and ethnicity for 2018. They were met with criticism and the plan was condemned for being discriminatory towards blacks and Hispanics.
But Florida Education officials say the goal is for all students to read and do math at grade level by 2023. The targeted levels for 2018 are only a step in a larger process.
“This is a snapshot of roughly halfway through that 10-year mark,” Pam Stewart, the Florida education commissioner told the New York Times. “The 100 percent is the ultimate goal and that is stated within the strategic plan.”
