Florida and North Carolina Modify Use Of Tests in School Ratings
The week before Florida 10th graders were given the state's reading and math assessment, the commissioner of education announced that the long-answer portion of the test will count toward graduation requirements but not factor into this year's school grades.
In North Carolina, meanwhile, the state board of education has announced that results of the state writing test for 4th and 7th graders will not be factored into school ratings for the next three years. The writing tests given to 10th graders, however, will be included in the ratings, which, like those in Florida, determine teacher bonuses. The North Carolina tests do not count as a graduation requirement.
In the Sunshine State, the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, or FCAT, measures students' abilities in reading, writing, and mathematics, through a combination of machine-scored, multiple-choice questions and longer performance, or essay, items, which...
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