Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: After a decade of NCLB and Florida test madness...

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: After a decade of NCLB and Florida test madness...:

After a decade of NCLB and Florida test madness...

by Mike Klonsky

After a decade of No Child Left Behind, where the total focus was on standardized testing and FCAT, after test-crazed govs Bush and Scott, after millions spent on Michelle Rhee's consultingand $250 million more to  NCS Pearson to administer and score the FCAT through the end of 2013.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/04/2783911/whos-accountable-for-the-fcat.html#storylink=cpy

Florida's writing scores plummeted once again.

Passing scores in eighth grade fell from 82 percent to 33 percent. Tenth graders taking the test saw a similar drop in success. While 80 percent passed the test last year, only 38 percent scored a 4 or above on a 6-point scale this time

Students can be retained in third grade if they don’t pass their FCAT. They will be denied high school graduation if they don’t