{"id":1516,"date":"2012-04-17T19:15:17","date_gmt":"2012-04-17T23:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=1516"},"modified":"2012-04-17T19:15:17","modified_gmt":"2012-04-17T23:15:17","slug":"when-right-is-actually-wrong-on-the-science-fcat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1516","title":{"rendered":"When right is actually wrong on the science FCAT"},"content":{"rendered":"

Florida’s own “the Happy Scientist” Robert Krampf notes some serious problems with the science FCAT<\/a>. For examples:<\/p>\n

Sample Item 2 for SC.5.N.1.6 (page 32), which assesses the following benchmark.
\nSC.5.N.1.6: Recognize and explain the difference between personal opinion\/interpretation and verified observation.<\/p>\n

This sample question offers the following observations, and asks which is scientifically testable.<\/p>\n

The petals of red roses are softer than the petals of yellow roses.
\nThe song of a mockingbird is prettier than the song of a cardinal.
\nOrange blossoms give off a sweeter smell than gardenia flowers.
\nSunflowers with larger petals attract more bees than sunflowers with smaller petals.<\/p>\n

The document indicates that 4 is the correct answer, but answers 1 and 3 are also scientifically testable.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

I wonder how many students got “wrong” answers on the FCAT because their teachers taught them too much. How many “F” schools would have higher grades if those scientifically correct “wrong” answers were counted as correct answers. How many “B” schools would get the extra funding that “A” schools get, if those scientifically correct “wrong” answers were counted as correct answers?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s worth a few moments to read about the other troubling issues he’s discovered. Krampf is getting noticed, which is great! The Gradebook blog<\/a> and BoingBoing<\/a> both picked up on it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Florida’s own “the Happy Scientist” Robert Krampf notes some serious problems with the science FCAT. For examples: Sample Item 2 for SC.5.N.1.6 (page 32), which assesses the following benchmark. SC.5.N.1.6: Recognize and explain the difference between personal opinion\/interpretation and verified … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcZNLl-os","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1059,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1059","url_meta":{"origin":1516,"position":0},"title":"Op-ed: Is science education important to Florida?","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"June 4, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Earlier this week I submitted an op-ed column to newspapers across the state on behalf of Florida Citizens for Science. 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