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FBaggins

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14. Can do.

Sat Dec 17, 2011, 07:45 PM

Dec 2011

http://fcat.fldoe.org/fcatrelease.asp

I have no beef with your explanation re: why you dislike a particular test. My point was never to defend a particular test, but instead to point out that the validity of a test is not refuted by poor performance by a particular adult when that performance is so bad that it's clearly an indictment of his own abilities and/or the education that he received.

Put more succinctly, we all tire of the student who whines "I don't need to learn this because I'll never use it in real life". It doesn't help to have a school board member show that he agrees.

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The Secret Problem With That Testing Column [View all] n2doc Dec 2011 OP

That was my conclusion. It's embarrassing that someone without an education... FBaggins Dec 2011 #1

Are you really wanting to restrict school board membership? proud2BlibKansan Dec 2011 #8

What's the difference between "restrict" and "high standards" in your mind? FBaggins Dec 2011 #9

And I think school board members should be the ones the community chooses to serve proud2BlibKansan Dec 2011 #12

Back in November of '08, LWolf Dec 2011 #2

Did you bother to read the whole article? n2doc Dec 2011 #3

Yes. LWolf Dec 2011 #4

"calling" doesn't make it so... FBaggins Dec 2011 #5

Please take the test he referred to. LWolf Dec 2011 #6

I went through the online FCAT practice test - it isn't hard. FBaggins Dec 2011 #7

I spent this week looking at the approved practice tests LWolf Dec 2011 #10

Then let me correct/clarify FBaggins Dec 2011 #11

That's a statistic that would be good to look at. LWolf Dec 2011 #13

Can do. FBaggins Dec 2011 #14

I had a student, just last week, LWolf Dec 2011 #15

I suppose you could fail the kid. FBaggins Dec 2011 #16

No, I don't want him on the school board, lol. LWolf Dec 2011 #17