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Originally posted by Im_just_me
If 13,000 students are failing the same standardized tests, its not the students who have the problem, it's the test itself.
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But the "powers that be" don't see it this way. And this is very unfortunate. Florida also has something called "Gordon Rule" (in the college system) that some years ago, some legislator decided that Florida's college students couldn't write very well, so many of the classes (English, humanities, social/behavioral sciences) have a minimum writing requirement of 3000 words (6K for English).
My beef also is that Florida starts the FCAT early - my daughter will be changing schools, and I'm already a little nervous about that. She will be entering 3rd grade, and she'll have to take the FCAT next year. Here's the thing - if they don't pass the FCAT, they're left behind!
What also gets me is that on every lottery billboard you see, it says "12 billion towards education". Well, where are those lottery funds really going, especially if all I hear at work (I work at a community college) is that "funding has been cut"?
Sorry - I digress. . . that's another thread. . .