I was a teacher in Florida for a few years. There was a strong emphasis on

Sep 10, 2023
9:29:50am

BYUtka Truly Addicted User

teaching to the test. They entire year was based getting kids to score well on the FCAT. Consultants made huge amounts of money implementing programs teaching teachers to teach test taking skills to the kids, etc...

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Interesting map on public school test scores by school district

letthewookieewin Walking Carpet

9/10/23 9:04am

California is full of dummies? Who saw that coming?

Utesaretheworst

9/10/23 9:06am

Right? The rest of the country should take a cue from the Northeast.

spinner

9/10/23 9:20am

Clearly the tests are biased towards kids in the Midwest and New England areas

Mike Honcho

9/10/23 9:10am

In the Midwest, the children are all above-average. Been that way for a while.

d-coug

9/10/23 9:26am

I was a teacher in Florida for a few years. There was a strong emphasis on

BYUtka

9/10/23 9:29am

Do they all take the same standardized test? Thought there were a variety of

BYUtka

9/10/23 9:12am

Wyoming ftw

Longseason

9/10/23 9:17am

Honestly, I bet there is a strong correlation based on minority populations.

RH84025

9/10/23 9:25am

There's clear ESL drag going on with the border states' scores.

mokelembembe

9/10/23 9:28am

When I look at maps like this, I always look for the evidence of the Atlantic coastline from 100 million years ago. Back

Clark Addison

9/10/23 9:42am

Does this guy know how to party or what?

Simple Jack

9/10/23 2:35pm

Imagine being so smart that you blame people's choices on something

Utesaretheworst

9/10/23 5:01pm

I don't even understand what you are saying. Did you read the article? Are you honestly saying that factors such as

Clark Addison

9/10/23 5:47pm

Nor was I being political. I was making fun of the over analyzing that people

Utesaretheworst

9/10/23 5:56pm

Except that it is pretty clear and can be seen in hundreds of examples. What is your

Clark Addison

9/10/23 6:00pm

I would love to tell you but as a non donor I can't talk politics.

Utesaretheworst

9/10/23 6:07pm

Be interesting to see achievement vs school funding.

Cougarclaw

9/10/23 9:29am

That’s just a composite map of immigrant population density, reservation

cougarstrong

9/10/23 11:13am

So much racism in this thread.

Utesaretheworst

9/10/23 12:55pm

You’re accusing me of racism for pointing out that our country does a terrible

cougarstrong

9/10/23 1:40pm

Nope. Why so defensive?

Utesaretheworst

9/10/23 4:58pm

Like where?

Clark Addison

9/10/23 2:09pm

I’m impressed with Florida

Medute

9/10/23 2:22pm

RE: I’m impressed with Florida

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