Do you feel the FCAT was design to apress certain races and if you do what race?

Question

please share your answer and this question with someone else it sort of funny i feel it keeps children on their P&Q'S in school if the want to graduate. But it is only aimed at those children who can go to a decent school

I reside in florida and yes its a big problem out of 300 graduates only 125 walked and all where because they didn't pas the FCAT and yes i'am black and no it wasn't a prodomintly black school it was a school mostly populated with hispanics student

the fcat is a standerdize test used to see where student are though out the school year if at certain points your child is ot up to par the are either held back or graduation will not happen

Answer 1

My gf teaches at a public high school in Broward, so I have seen been through this before. She has a mixed group of students, some very smart, others not so smart, and everything in between. When I graduated from high school (in the North) no one expected to graduate without being able to pass tests and retain that knowledge.

Just showing up to class does not entitle anyone to a diploma!
The FCAT is harder for some people, just like EVERYTHING is harder for some and easier for others. But it is not impossible, and certainly not asking too much to pass the test prior to graduating.

Answer 2

I'm not sure what the FCAT is exactly, but I'm assuming that it's a public school test in high school or for graduation.

The basic goal of public schools in each state is for their students to do the best they can on the madatory state tests, not the "core" classes. Even the most "undecent" school have focus on this. Based on the fact that the FCAT was most likely created by white, black, hispanic, and asian people, it's not designed to opress a particular race.

Your statement "it is only aimed at those children who can go to a decent school" is hardly valid based on the above evidence. On the contrary, a student who doesn't do very good at all on the FCAT at a "bad" school might look very promising to colleges, rather than a score much higher by a student at a "good" school.

Answer 3

how can so many people @ ur school fail FCAT? i mean really they are so easy.....i passed both math and english and im not even that good in english or math.....i mean if kids @ ur school r failing FCAT that means that they are probably just guessin the answers cuz i took em and i passed they were easy.....and im not even white...besides u have to pass ur 10th grade ones and if u cant pass the 10th grade FCATS in 2 years then there is something wrong..i thing those people should take responsiblity and study.....and pay attention in school...blaming the gov't is not gonna do any good......FCAT is cmon questions they have nothin to do with a decent school or not..it just tests if u kno how to read or not and i think every 12th grader should know how to read and find the main point..

Answer 4

I was in Florida for about a year & a half and I know this is a controversy. You can rise above the controversy and completely ignore their attempts at dividing people if you study really hard, ask questions, any questions, in order to understand what you are studying. If you know what you know, and know what they know, then you'll know more than they do. Go get 'em.

Answer 5

let me guess a black person wrote this question you need to find somthing more constructive to do with your time quit worring about the racest goverment