7/18/2002
People outside the system have no idea how artificial the grading guidelines for the "Florida Writes" test are. (This might give you a small idea) Across the state, teachers instruct kids according to the rigid point system of the test. Here's one instructor who has had enough. And here are teachers and parents who agree.
Nowhere is the cynicism of "teaching to the test" more blatant than in writing.
Nowhere is the cynicism of "teaching to the test" more blatant than in writing.
