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[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [wa-ed-deform] Re: 13,000 Seniors Fail FCAT and will not graduate
This article looks like about the level of an adult newspaper, USA Today, if not the NY Times. Getting the right answer takes a fair amount of searching the text and thought. That's fine for weeding out applicants to Harvard, but it is entirely inappropriate for setting a high school graduation level where we're complaining about the mythical "Honors Graduates who can't read their diplomas" -----Original Message----- From: schulmom [mailto:geoncyn@aol.com] Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 7:01 PM To: wa-ed-deform@yahoogroups.com Subject: [wa-ed-deform] Re: 13,000 Seniors Fail FCAT and will not graduate Well, I completed a 10th grade sample reading section -- an article about aligators and scored 8 out of 8. I thought it was EASY ... something at an 8th grade level perhaps. http://fcit.usf.edu/fcat10r/files/1000.htm Did I hear correctly that the students have to get 40% correct in order to pass? I'll take a look at your links below. --ccw --- In wa-ed-deform@yahoogroups.com, jedoyon@a... wrote: > In a message dated 5/19/2003 2:42:50 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > geoncyn@a... writes: > > > What is the FCAT like? Is it a dumbed down test? If so why are > > aren't the students passing it after so many attempts? Juanita, do > > you have a sample of the high school FCAT? > > > > from my Florida consultant: > > FCAT is far from dumbed down -- it's way too hard. At the link below you'll > find the only released items we have available -- from 4th, 5th, 8th, and > 10th grade reading and math tests in 2001. On the tenth grade reading, in a > short nonfiction passage about space particles, I missed 2 of 8 questions, > and the essay assignment in that section made me swoon with apprehension. > > <A HREF="http://www.firn.edu/doe/sas/fcat/fcatit01.htm";>http://www.firn.e du/doe/sas/fcat/fcatit01.htm</A> > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get A Free Psychic Reading! Your Online Answer To Life's Important Questions. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Lj3uPC/Me7FAA/uetFAA/GEuolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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