Kindergarten Through Twelfth Grade Public Education Program Overall, Florida has a strong state-level educational accountability system. Schools are addressing state academic priorities and are taking the initiative to improve student scores in subjects tested by the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. Although school performance grades based on the test have increased significantly in the past two years, gains should be interpreted with caution until other aspects of the accountability system are implemented.
Districts generally do a poor job demonstrating efficiency and effectiveness to the public.
The 1997 Legislature created the Best Financial Management Practices Reviews to help school districts that are experiencing rapid growth to meet the challenge of educating their students in a cost-efficient manner. In 1994, Florida established an Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to oversee the process of developing performance measures, to evaluate their use and to conduct program reviews. The agency has done a very good job, and as a result the state now has one of the most comprehensive sets of measures to be found anywhere in the country. Organizational Leadership Award . This honor recognizes an organization's outstanding application of a systems approach to performance measurement that has resulted in a culture change, sustained improvements, and demonstrated positive effects on government performance and accountability.