Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Passing score lowered for FCAT Writing exam .......

Why not? Lower the Bar...never reach for the stars............Don't get me wrong...I'm not a big fan of standardized testing.....but damn it....reach for excellence!

"This incident again demonstrates that Florida school grades reflect profoundly political decisions, not objective measures of teaching and learning," said spokesman for FairTest: National Center for Fair & Open Testing in Jamaica Plain, Mass, Bob Schaeffer, in an email. "How can a measure which fluctuates from 81 percent to 27 percent 'proficient' in just one year even meet the laugh test?"

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