Ashley B. Moody: “We can have higher test scores, lower public school…”

“So I think that the results here in Florida show that when we are committed to the outcomes and what each student needs, we can, by smart policy decisions, We can have higher test scores, lower public school suspensions, lower absentee rates [through smart policy decisions]. We've shown that in all of these alternative education models and certainly as we talked about earlier, we can increase our graduation rates. So I appreciate all of you being here today.” (08:59–09:19)

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