NO FCAT EXAM, PLEASE!
I am 10 years old, my name is Joe Sabella, and I want you to sign my petition to stop the Florida Comprehensive Achievement test. My reasons are that it takes away our learning time, it makes kids sic... continue reading »
"FCAT sucks ... it decides whether u fail or not ... or for 10th graders it decides whether u get ur dipolma or not ... it ruins peoples life because of it ... because some dont get dipolama cause of FCAT ... I think its waste of time ... seems like we're "
"One test should not determine the future of a student, especially a socio-economically biased test such as FCAT!!!!"
"this is a graet idea because people that arent good on test need this or they will never be able to get out of high school probly forcing them to drop out"
"It SUX big time, smart kids can fail it and then you hold them back.. thats not cool, happend to some of my friends that are smarter than me,, its cheesy, time consuming and money consuming, and in the overall. it does nothing good for any of the students"
"I agree, there are better ways to test children than the stress of the FCAT which is NOT an accurate test of their abilities!"
"I do not believe that one test can be the measure of our students success. The test is completley unfair to ESOl and ESE students."
"Super"
"Jeb Bush will be out of Florida in 2006! I want a governor to make the FCAT a diagnostic test only, not a pass/fail determination!"
"The FCAT is an English-biased language test, including the math and science sections. The test does not test children's ability to think-- it tests their abilities to decode English. The time teachers spend "teaching to the test" is valuable instruction t"
"Teachers will start to teach to the test, not to the students."
"FCAT hurts chldren with learning disabilities when they work so hard for great grades! Just say NO to FCAT"
"As a parent of 3 and a school volunteer I have seen how their entire school routine is interrupted and changed due to the test preparation. Then they add in the fact that if they don't pass they will repeat the grade or not graduate. My children have made"
"Having to take the FCAT in itself is not problematic. It is VERY problematic when it forces teachers to teach only in preparation of the FCAT exam, denying students of a well-rounded education. Furthermore, retention is not the solution - from the FCAT we"
"I think the FCAT is the best thing in the world."
"i hate the fcat because im a bad test taker and i do bad on test its not because i dont study its just i get nervous"
