“If This Is the Best Robinson Can Offer, He Should Resign”
Looks like the editors of TCPalm have had enough of Florida’s test-based education system:
Florida’s public school students aren’t stupid. And, teachers aren’t incompetent.
But, can the same be said for the state’s education bureaucrats who are tasked with overseeing the education system?
The recent debacle related to writing scores on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test is just the latest example of a failure on the part of education leaders and their legislative counterparts to reform Florida’s public system to become the best it can be.
Results from the writing portion of the FCAT showed a massive drop in passing grades for fourth-, eighth- and 10th-grade students, with only about a third of students passing the test statewide.
Education Commissioner Gerard Robinson expressed surprise, saying, in part, “When I saw the