Pam Stewart: With Server Glitch Resolved, FCAT May Resume

Commissioner of Education Pam Stewart sent an email to superintendents Wednesday addressing a server issue that plagued certain school districts on Tuesday, leaving many unable to take the FCAT.

Stewart's email read:

"The department has been working with Pearson throughout the night and this morning on the issues that affected online testing in Florida yesterday. Pearson has put into place a mitigation strategy that includes redundancy in access to its production servers."

"While the original issue that caused interruptions in service through CenturyLink has been corrected and verified as of early this morning, Pearson has engaged the services of another provider to minimize the risk of further interruptions to testing today. This solution has also been tested and verified overnight. Pearson has assured the department that this strategy will resolve the issues related to yesterdays interruptions and the system will resume normal functionality."

"Given this, schools may resume testing this morning with the guidance provided to districts late yesterday afternoon."