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Tampa Bay FCAT

Students and parents react to FCAT scores

FCAT, FCAT, FCAT. If you've picked up a newspaper any time in the last week, you've undoubtedly seen the headlines.Rick Scott has falsely...
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The week ahead: FCAT testing in public schools, April 16-19

Children across the state will be subjected to the Florida Comprehensive Achievement Test, or FCAT (nicknamed the Florida Child Abuse Test by...
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Ways to review and reinforce FCAT skills without textbooks or worksheets

Polk County students will take the FCAT between April 16 and April 27, 2012. Since that only gives them and their teachers two more weeks to...
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Tips and resources that parents can use to help kids pass the FCAT

  • FCAT
  • January 31, 2012
Parents should not depend solely on teachers to prepare their children for the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. Like most comprehensive...
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The FCAT is over. What now?

The Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) is officially over. Too many times parents, administrators and even teachers lose focus and...
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Performance Pay and Parental Responsibility

  • #Performance Pay
  • April 26, 2011
Performance Pay is a buzzword in education today. Many school districts have already began tying teacher pay to standardized test scores like the...
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A new FCAT?

  • FCAT
  • January 25, 2011
Sweaty palms. Racing heart. Can't sit still. Can't sleep. Can't eat. As a parent, if we are feeling this way over the oncoming FCAT'...
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FCAT misrepresents the actual amount of learning a student has achieved

The Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) may be a costly "experiment" for students, teachers, and parents. Parents should be...
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Manatee's Expectations

On Wednesday evening in Arizona, our President gave a moving euology for the five people murdered there.In particular, he spoke eloquently of the...
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Manatee Schools and Differentiated Staffing

  • Differentiated Staffing
  • October 4, 2010
Manatee's public schools are painting themselves into a corner by simply accepting whatever is thrown at them. Since schools will soon be...
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