[CAluvdubya]

That this is happening in Florida is not entirely a surprise, given that the Sunshine State was the leader, under Bush as governor, of test-based accountability systems that made standardized test scores the most important measure of student achievement and school success.

What a stupid way to judge what a child knows, Jebby! Lots of children are terrible test takers. They get so anxious that they don't score anywhere near their ability. Day to day performance is a much better indicator.

Leave it to the Jebster to be a part of the exact wrong thing.

[MarDav]

I’m thinking taking a reading test is probably the only way to judge whether or not a child knows how to read. How else would you determine this?

I know lots of standardized testing is done to excess, but a reading test is probably a good thing to use as an assessment tool. It’s not assessing what they know but how equipped they are to find out so they can know.

[Neidermeyer]

Leave it to the Jebster to be a part of the exact wrong thing.
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JEB! makes millions off of “common core” , he is involved in the test scoring business ... I had a “meet the teacher” day yesterday with my 5th grader and the entire stack of schoolbooks was labeled “common core”..