Jeb Bush’s FCAT Listening Tour Begins | Scathing Purple Musings

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Jeb Bush’s FCAT Listening Tour Begins

by Bob Sikes

From the Tampa Tribune:

TAMPA –
Sarah Robinson thinks high-stakes testing has hijacked and perverted Florida’s educational system.
Carolyn Collins is worried about the self-esteem of students who think they stink at writing.
Those were just two of the concerns raised Wednesday night as the state’s education commissioner came to town as part of a public relations blitz in the aftermath of controversy over startlingly poor writing scores on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test.
About 50 people — a mixture of parents, teachers and local school administrators – attended the