If you are disappointed the criteria the state added to the FCAT Writes was grammar, punctuality, context and relevant facts, things that should be in a proper essay anyways; then you aren’t the only one. It is pretty disappointing that just now in 2012 those things are becoming important, or at best maybe making a return to importance.
Think about this, in years past kids could follow a formula and do well because that is all the scorers looked for and where that is a travesty, did you also notice with all the new requirements they still left the time limit at 45 minutes. Maybe we are being too hard on our 8, 13 and 15 year olds. Maybe it takes them a little longer for them to formulate an idea and write a proper essay than just three quarters of an hour.
Why didn’t the adults in Tallahassee consider this? Is this their first day on the job? Well to answer that question, kind of yes. Gerard Robinson is practically brand new to Florida and very few of the education commission and board of education have relevant public school classroom experience. Quite frankly Florida’s education leaders don’t know and have made little effort to understand public education, instead saving all their love for charter schools and vouchers.
Friends, Tallahassee is the land of problems not solutions.
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