Achieve Florida

Here is the Jim Davis Achieve Florida education plan in all of it's wonkish glory. Here is the part I like.

The testing companies that develop, administer and score the tests need to be held accountable. Yet, the politicians in Tallahassee have not held testing companies accountable. They have also refused to release information about the performance of the testing companies with state contracts. Florida currently spends more than $27 million a year on testing services with CTB/McGraw Hill, who in turn hired scores of unqualified FCAT graders. Florida's taxpayers have a right to know how their money is being spent and to hold these companies accountable too.

Unless you think the FCAT should be graded by janitors and cafeteria workers grading FCAT tests, you should support this plan.

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