Re: Target->SEC->Paying for Grades->Standardized Tests

[Barbara Braxton <barbara@AUSTARMETRO.COM.AU>]

>A local foundation is considering funding payment for students who score a
>certain grade on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT).
>The state of Florida has mandated increasingly rigorous tests, involving
all aspects of the
>curriculum. We have no choice. I simply want to know who is paying students
>to pass the test and is it working.

I am not going to launch into a theoretical diatribe, but I am currently
reading "The Wind Singer" by William Nicholson (on the recommendation of a
parent who thoroughly enjoyed it) and I am wondering if the scenario
portrayed in Amaranth is a future outcome of the situation above.

If any one has read it, have you any comments?

Kia ora
Barbara

Barbara Braxton
Teacher Librarian
Palmerston District Primary School
PALMERSTON ACT 2913
AUSTRALIA

T. 02 6205 7241
F. 02 6205 7242
E. barbara@austarmetro.com.au
W. http://www.palmdps.act.edu.au

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