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Encourage Lake County School District to Adopt A Resolution Against High Stakes Testing
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Encourage Lake County School District to Adopt A Resolution Against High Stakes Testing

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Aimee P.
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Cathy R.
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Chloe B.
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Diana J.
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Started by Anonymous 14 years, 2 months ago
1 Update 3 Comments
WHEREAS, the Lake County School District is meeting on Monday, June 25, 2012, to discuss the implementation of a resolution questioning the validity of high stakes testing (see National Resolution http://timeoutfromtesting.org/nationalresolution/) WHEREAS, numerous school districts within the great State of Florida have adopted this resolution, including, but not limited to, Pinellas, Palm Beach and St Lucie Counties. WHEREAS, we are responsible for the well-being of the children of Lake County and must be their voice and THIS RESOLUTION is in the best interest of Lake County Public School students’ education. WHEREAS, by signing this petition as a registered voter, within the District of Lake County, I agree that the school board should immediately, unanimously, and without hesitation, adopt a proposed resolution similar to the one above, reevaluating the high stake implementation in which tests such as Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) and End of Course Exams (EOC) are used.

Updates

June 22, 2012

The level of traction this petition gained establishes a clear mandate for the upcoming school board discussion. I am currently preparing the formal briefing documents that synthesize these signatures for presentation to the district leadership.

3 Comments

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Sarah Harris
14 years ago Featured

My kid has been crying over homework all year because of these tests. Let them actually learn instead of just memorizing answers for a score.

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Mike Werner
14 years ago Featured

TOTAL WASTE OF TIME. these tests are killing the love of learning in our schools.

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Jason Newman
14 years ago Featured

Finally someone is doing something about the fcat. Its about time lake county stepped up and put the kids first.

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