The Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test scores in reading and math came out today for the 3rd-graders. It seems that I am right. The reading score for our county dropped 3 points from last year. The math score dropped 5 points and is now 8 points lower than the state grade. One of our assistant superintendents said that the grades are not representative of our school district. Every kid took the test so how much more representative could it get? Maybe we should look to the heads of our schools for where the problem originates.
Speaking of heads, the Education Secretary for the US, Arne Duncan, said this week, "Our children are competing for jobs against children in India and China today, and those children are going to school 25, 30 percent more than us." I mean really, we should have an advantage if they are in school more. Gives our kids more hours to work.
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