FYI. BTW, I thought that recent article in the Orlando Sentinel, allegedly about what FL 4th graders are required to know, was nothing but a hit piece.
I read that story. I agree, a hit piece.
I'm glad to read some of the positive results with the F-CAT. I've always thought the F-CAT program was at least worth trying. Many of the parents in my neighborhood dislike it intensly. Their number one complaint? Their children spend too much time studying to pass that stupid test, instead of learning regular things, lol.
I'm afraid they just don't get it. The children are learning what every child should learn, READING, WRITING and ARITHMETIC. We are back to the basics (at least in the years the tests are required), which in turn will give the children a great base to build upon in the future. All of this is being accomplished without going through the NEA to get permission to change the curriculum to boot!
I'd like the program better if they were tested more often (less time spent on socialist gobbly gook). Maybe someday in the future we will be able to say that 90% of the children scored 5's or better. I think we are finally heading in the right direction.