Thursday, January 17, 2013

Why Hasn’t FLDOE Established New ACT and SAT Cut Scores? | Scathing Purple Musings

Why Hasn’t FLDOE Established New ACT and SAT Cut Scores? | Scathing Purple Musings:


Why Hasn’t FLDOE Established New ACT and SAT Cut Scores?

This is a troubling story from Jeff Solocheck of the Tampa Bay Times:
WESLEY CHAPEL — Alan Sourk thought his son had finally passed his exit-level high school reading test.
The Wiregrass Ranch High School junior scored a 20 on the ACT reading test in December. That was two points above the mark listed on state documents as an acceptable replacement score for the FCAT graduation requirement.
He excitedly returned to school in January, asking his guidance counselor to finally let him out of the remedial reading course that had kept him out of elective classes. And that’s when he learned,