[summer]

Re post #10 -- Just how tough is the FCAT? [Take these sample tests, Grades 3-10, from the FL Dept of Education!]

There continues to be a lot of misinformation out about FCAT, and I have never before heard, nor do I believe, that "40%" as stated by O'Reilly is the passing score. In addition, there is a lot of good news about FL schools and I have posted that good news repeatedly in the past, and as recently as last night on a bunch of threads. Gov Bush deserves a lot of credit for his education reforms, and I hope someday he gets that credit.

[summer]

BTW, FYI -- FL Dept of Ed - FCAT Homepage, including: FCAT Myths and Facts, and FCAT Publications

Scroll down for the "FCAT Myths and Facts."

[k2blader]

I have never before heard, nor do I believe, that "40%" as stated by O'Reilly is the passing score.

Well, the FCAT FAQs says "The passing scores are 287 in reading and 295 in mathematics." But out of how many total points? Given that, the passing percentage would be easy to figure out.

[cgk]

The FL Commisioner of Education (Horne?) was just on Hannity & Colmes discussing this topic. Sean threw the 40% number out there and the commisioner said it was possible to get less than half of the FCAT's questions right and still pass, because they (the q/a's) are all scored differently based on the difficulty of the question.