As many as 26,997 Florida seniors may not earn a diploma this year because they failed their final chance before graduation at passing sophomore-level reading and math tests.
On the reading portion of the FCAT, 84 percent failed. While, on the math portion of the test 68 percent failed.
Students must pass both math and reading tests to graduate.
Students who earn enough credits to graduate, but haven't passed the tests receive a certificate of completion. But they can take the FCAT again in June and as many times as they want after. Or they may return for a 13th year of school and continue retaking the test to try to earn their diploma.
Not to worry. When they pass, even if it takes them a 13th year to do so, FAMU will have a seat for them--whether or not they are able to do collegiate-level work, 'cause that's the way the university rolls. Bring me your tired masses, yearning for a seat in someone's classroom, and we'll help you get that college degree, even if if takes you 13th years to get one.
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ReplyDelete1:44pm You are a *@^*ing
ReplyDelete@!%hole !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!So Please stop posting here.
I am glad to see that the state of Florida is not just handing out diplomas for "time-served." This is a step in the right direction.
ReplyDeleteA high school senior has spent about 14000 hours in school. Why can't they read and do simple math? What has all that money been spent on?
Our government schools are broken. Its not just the inner city schools anymore.
I STAND CORRECTED ON MY 1:44 PM COMMENT. IT'S AN OVERSIGHT, PEOPLE. I know the year should be " . . . 13 years to get one," not " . . . 13th . . ." ok? Damn.
ReplyDelete9:23, who's more ignorant than you? you're the one whose vocab is gutter. i'm just stating the facts. a hit dog will holler.
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ReplyDeleteabout 10% of students will not graduate.
A disproportionate number are black or brown.
Is the FCAT unfair to blacks and browns or are a disproportionate number black and browns simply not measuring up?
What role does the family play in this?
Should the standards be lowered?
What if it was brain surgery? Would you want the Doctor that didnt have to score as high on the test working on your brain?
I dont think lowering the standards is the answer. We must somehow find a way to help more blacks and browns succeed at meeting the standards.
I'm been teaching at the university for a number of years, and I know for a fact that a great number of students who enroll every fall are seriously underprepared for university work. The university is in such dire straits to up its enrollment until it will admit seriously underprepared, non-academic students who will in fact require much remedial work to even gain a seat at the regular table. (And I don't mean the table in the caff.) The under-preparedness comes at a high cost for professors and students. Students who are not up to academic par should first enroll in a community college so that they can at least get the basics of what they obviously did not get in high school. The university is not an institution for remedial education.
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ReplyDeletelow sat/act scores can also get you a high school diploma...but if kids are failing like that maybe a review of the test needs to happen.
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