Recently on the news all I have been seeing is protesters protesting about the FCAT. Chants are continuous with comments that their kids aren't allowed to graduate or move on to the next grade level. What these angry students and parents fail to mention is that fact that not only did they fail this test once, but 6 times. I for one am against standardized tests like the SAT which includes difficult vocabulary and puzzling analogies. The FCAT, on the other hand includes basic reading and mathematic problems. I find it very sad that students, especially in the 12th grade cannot pass this test after the second try. How can these students expect to excel in college when they cannot answer these simple problems? There aren't excuses to fail this test. Teachers all over Florida prepare us months in advanced for it & most schools have separate classes just for FCAT practice. Instead of taking their failing of the FCAT as a warning, protestors and their parents are planning a boycott of Florida's tourism, citrus and sugar industries until Bush stops using the FCAT as an indicator for students to graduate. Not only is that the most ludicrous thing I have ever heard of but it is also showing kids that it's OK to not know how to solve basic mathematic problems and answer basic reading comprehension. Parents should be helping their kids with the FCAT instead of helping them get into college without an elementary level of academics. The FCAT also allows a school to be graded using the test scores of the students. By doing this, the state of Florida can see which schools need more funds in providing their students with courses and special teachers to help students pass. I for one am for the FCAT because students today are the future for this country, and I am probably not the only one who wants a country full of people who don't know how to read and comprehend. So when your kid wants to become a lawyer, what's next? Are you going to threaten to boycott the United States if they don't eliminate the LSATS? To put this into perspective, thousands of kids aren't going to graduate because of the FCAT.
The FCAT is a test that measures how much a student learns throughout the coarse of the year. ... Schools should not rely only on the FCAT to pass or fail a student. ... The student takes the FCAT though he or she can not concentrate, and fails it. ... This is why the NAACP also disagrees with the FCAT. ... While the FCAT has a few positive attributes it also has many more negative ones. ...
Our teachers are spending entirely too much time preparing students for the FCAT exam, this causes our students to achieve a one-dimensional education instead of a well rounded one. ... The teachers are spending the majority of their time preparing their students to take the FCAT exam. ... With budget cuts on the way and schools drastically trying to get there students to pass the FCAT exam these classes are being cut or put aside. ...
In reading the "FCAT Accommodations" article, ELL students are provided several accommodations for testing. The FCAT is usually administered by the ESOL or heritage language teacher, which is monitored closely with the ESOL District Coordinator. The ELLs are given extra time to complete the FCAT, but it has to be completed in one day. ... ELLS must answer in English on the Reading FCAT portion, which I think could be an issue if they are not proficient. ... So, this can be an argument between the decisions of taking the FCAT or high-stakes assessment in the English language versus ...
When I was in the tenth grade, I failed the FCAT test, which is the test that measures student achievement in reading and writing. I felt very much discouraged and disappointed with myself because if I did not pass the FCAT test, and that could mean I could not graduate from high school. ... Collins heard the story from one of my friends, he did not hesitate to come to me and encourage me that FCAT is not everything in my life. ... He made me realize even though I failed the FCAT that it was not from being stupid, it was because I am unfamiliar with the language. ... Finally, I passed the FCAT...
Later on in 4th grade I had more papers do and I did ok on them, but when it came down to the FCAT Writes I surprising failed by half of a point. ... " Or "Is the FCAT Writes really this hard!?... I did well on essays mostly, until it all came down to ultimate test I had to take the FCAT Writes again. ...
No Child Left Behind On January 8, 2002 President George Bush signed the "No Child Left Behind" Act (No 2002). This law was made to help the country's educational system. The law revolutionizes the old system. A few of the most popular and biggest changes are: Improving academic achievement of t...
Around the year of 2001 that's when shifts started to turn, The Board of Florida State Education entrenched that a passing score for the FCAT was an obligation in order to get your high school diploma. ...
This fact has posed a problem recently as FCAT scores have come back and are not all positive, the handicap is that many well-meaning parents cannot help the situation as they cannot read with their children in English. ...
Should parents be able to choose which school a student can attend? And if they are, should they be able to choose to go to a different public school? Should the public pay for students to attend private schools or public sponsored private schools called charter schools? Well many people have different opinions if they were asked this question; well it isn't surprising that many different political groups would also have different opinions. Well all of these questions surround a single issue, school vouchers. ...