Re: Florida students: only 30% pass portion of state mandated test
hoppingbuffalo May 17, 2012 at 9:56am
Sometimes tests miss the mark and are inappropriate for age and grade, however we should not be afraid of the "F" grade. Skill mastery needs to be well defined, accurate assessments developed, dubious assessments revised, and "failing" students required to do remedial work over the summer, etc. "F" doesn't mean failure - it means a second chance. Winston Churchill said, "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."
hoppingbuffalo May 17, 2012
at 9:56am
Sometimes tests miss the mark and are inappropriate for age and grade, however we should not be afraid of the "F" grade. Skill mastery needs to be well defined, accurate assessments developed, dubious assessments revised, and "failing" students required to do remedial work over the summer, etc. "F" doesn't mean failure - it means a second chance. Winston Churchill said, "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."