Posted on 05/19/2012 8:57:48 AM PDT by yoe
Nearly half of Florida high school students failed the reading portion of the state's new toughened standardized test, education officials said on Friday.
Results this year from the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test showed 52 percent of freshman students and 50 percent of sophomores scored at their grade levels.
Students in the 10th grade must pass the exam in order to eventually graduate but can retake it if they fail.
The results came days after the Florida State Board of Education voted to lower the standards needed to pass the writing part of the test, known as FCAT. The test is administered in public elementary, middle and high schools.
The board took the action in an emergency meeting when preliminary results indicated only about one-third of Florida students would have passed this year.
"We are asking more from our students and teachers than we ever have, and I am proud of their hard work," Florida Education Commissioner Gerard Robinson said in a statement.
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Haff of Florda hi skool studints fale reeding tess..?
Just think, with a little more effort and a few thousand dollars more per student in education spending, we’ll be approaching Medieval levels of literacy.
He passed. Passed on.
What a delicious idea...for anyone in any state. If your state ranks near the bottom, as mine does, the teacher's Union should be sued also for failure to comply with teaching standards.
Holding emergency meetings to lower the standards, wow
Teacher: “Little angel Trayvon, can you spell candy?” Trayvon: “Sure teach.....hhmmmmm... lets see here, okay, S.K.I.T.T.L.E.S?...Is I close?”
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He was "The Education Governor".
Said Michael Grebe, president of the the Bradley Foundation, "During his administration and since, Florida students have made incredible gains. Governor Bush was at the forefront of education reform in the state."
Not.
He went through the motions, but not much changed of any lasting value.
Stay outta da Bushes.
Leni
Florida
Florida has long been known for its lousy public schools. Still, this is alarming.
“Stay outta da Bushes.”
Stay outta da publik skools.
They can, but not if they don't want to learn. And there is nothing that any school can do about that.
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"We are asking more from our students and teachers than we ever have, and I am proud of their hard work," Florida Education Commissioner Gerard Robinson said in a statement.
Oh, gag.......
If FR had a “Like” button, I’d be hitting it for your comment!
When one of my friend's family moved to FL (from MA) his youngest sister was entering the 10th grade. I remember her saying the subject matter she was covering was stuff she already learned in the 6th and 7th grades.
But you cannot play a video game on a book. Give them books. A book is much cheaper than a computer anyway.
“As a wise man once told me when school integration started, “We won’t bring them up, they will take us down.””
A little KKK talk there?
You only addressed half of my post.
but, you did ignore 100% of my reply...
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