March 4, 2015
By Allison Neilsen
After technical issues (click here) plagued the writing portion of the Florida Standards earlier this week, two Florida senators called on Gov. Rick Scott to suspend the test entirely until all malfunctions are resolved.
By Allison Neilsen
After technical issues (click here) plagued the writing portion of the Florida Standards earlier this week, two Florida senators called on Gov. Rick Scott to suspend the test entirely until all malfunctions are resolved.
“Yesterday, the first day of testing under the new and
untested Florida Standards Assessment, was nothing less than a
disaster,” read the letter from Sens. Dwight Bullard, D-Miami, and Jeff
Clemens, D-Lake Worth....
The state needs to stop creating more and more problems with new tests all the time. The problems continue to become worse and testing isn't achieving results because it compromises the children's education.
Children have to learn before they are successful taking tests. There are children placed at a computer that have no experience with computers.
...Bullard and Clemens called for the test to be suspended to allow educators to work out the issues with the test “instead of using our children as guinea pigs for a flawed system.”...
The state needs to stop creating more and more problems with new tests all the time. The problems continue to become worse and testing isn't achieving results because it compromises the children's education.
Children have to learn before they are successful taking tests. There are children placed at a computer that have no experience with computers.
...Bullard and Clemens called for the test to be suspended to allow educators to work out the issues with the test “instead of using our children as guinea pigs for a flawed system.”...
