{"id":1987344,"date":"2023-07-31T21:11:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T01:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-poised-to-become-first-state-to-adopt-conservative-standardized-entrance-exam-program\/"},"modified":"2023-07-31T21:11:36","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T01:11:36","slug":"florida-poised-to-become-first-state-to-adopt-conservative-standardized-entrance-exam-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-poised-to-become-first-state-to-adopt-conservative-standardized-entrance-exam-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida set to be first state to adopt conservative standardized entrance exam program."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fflorida-poised-to-become-first-state-to-adopt-conservative-standardized-entrance-exam-program%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1987344&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Florida\u200d Could Become First\u2064 State to Accept Alternative\u200d Standardized Test for Public Universities<\/h2>\n<p>Florida is on the verge of making history by potentially becoming the first state to accept a new standardized test that has gained popularity among Christians and conservatives.\u2064 This \u200cmove comes as\u200b Governor Ron DeSantis continues\u200b his battle against educational organizations regarding instructional material.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b Florida Board of Governors, with the support of the DeSantis administration, is scheduled to vote\u200d at its August meeting on whether to approve the Classic Learning Test (CLT) scores for admissions,\u2063 in addition to\u200b the SAT and ACT \u200cscores.<\/p>\n<h3>A Test Aligned with Conservative Values<\/h3>\n<p>The CLT, created\u2064 in 2015, has garnered favor among conservative groups and Christian private \u200cschools as an alternative to tests like the SAT and ACT, which some believe promote a progressive agenda. \u2064Unlike its counterparts, the CLT places emphasis on\u2062 teaching the humanities, morality, and\u200b classical literature. It is currently implemented in over 200 private\u200d universities.<\/p>\n<p>If accepted, this would be a significant victory for\u200d Governor DeSantis, who has been actively\u2064 campaigning against \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">critical race theory<\/a> and\u2062 LGBT-related\u200c topics in Florida&#8217;s educational system.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis recently engaged in a lengthy battle with the College Board, the\u200d organization\u200c responsible for administering the SAT and Advanced Placement (AP)\u200c courses. The dispute centered around the AP African American history course, with DeSantis and conservatives criticizing its framework \u200dfor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cornell-professor-invents-critical-race-theory-watchdog-site\/\" title=\"Cornell Professor Invents Critical Race Theory Watchdog Site\">promoting critical race theory<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/4-intellectuals-who-started-out-liberal-but-ended-up-conservative\/\" title=\"4 Intellectuals Who Started Out Liberal But Ended Up Conservative\">left-leaning policies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Following the clash with the College Board, Florida has accelerated\u200c its implementation of classical education and the CLT. DeSantis \u200dsigned a bill this year that opened a college scholarship program to accept CLT scores alongside ACT and SAT scores.<\/p>\n<p>Jeremy Tate, the founder of the CLT,\u2064 sees Florida&#8217;s potential acceptance of the test as a significant step in a broader movement\u2063 among education groups frustrated with the level of progressive influence in programs. Tate believes there is something \u200ddeeply wrong with mainstream education today.<\/p>\n<p>The CLT intentionally diverges from the Common Core curriculum and \u2063favors the teachings of Aristotle, Benjamin Franklin, and Jane Austen over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-poised-to-become-first-state-to-adopt-conservative-standardized-entrance-exam-program\/\" title=\"Florida set to be first state to adopt conservative standardized entrance exam program.\">20th-century\u200c progressive authors<\/a>, according to Tate.<\/p>\n<p>While the College Board released an analysis criticizing \u200bthe CLT&#8217;s methodology\u2062 and rigor, stating the importance of well-researched and\u2062 carefully developed tests for fairness, the potential acceptance \u2064of \u2064the CLT in Florida marks a significant shift in standardized testing\u2062 for public universities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to read more from The \u200dWashington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida may be the first state to adopt a favored standardized test, embraced by Christians and conservatives, for its public universities. Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) persists in his clash with educational groups regarding instructional content. The Florida Board of Governors, backed by the DeSantis administration, will soon vote on this matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1987345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1987344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1987344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1987344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1987344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1987345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1987344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1987344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1987344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}