“…..Start By Demanding Resignations From Those on the BOE Responsible for the FCAT Debacle”
Yowza. The Fort Meade Leader of Polk County sure isn’t buying the spin from Florida policy-makers on the recent FCAT Writes scoring disaster:
Among the changes to the test grading this year was an increased emphasis on writing fundamentals such as capitalization, punctuation and grammar. In addition, a second reviewer was added. Thirdly, the pool of test takers was increased to include lower performing students, according to a report by the News Service of Florida.
But the real kicker was raising the passing grade to 4 from 3 on a 6-point scale. It’s hard to imagine the people charged with running our state education system couldn’t fathom the impact on