{"id":1703,"date":"2012-10-04T18:20:53","date_gmt":"2012-10-04T22:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=1703"},"modified":"2012-10-04T18:20:53","modified_gmt":"2012-10-04T22:20:53","slug":"science-fcat-and-biology-eoc-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1703","title":{"rendered":"Science FCAT and biology EOC stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Florida Department of Education is setting passing cut scores<\/a> for FCAT 2.0 science tests, biology end of course tests and geometry end of course tests.<\/p>\n

Bridge to Tomorrow’s Paul Cottle had a role and posted his take here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Orlando Sentinel’s School Zone blog has a post about it<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Florida Department of Education is setting passing cut scores for FCAT 2.0 science tests, biology end of course tests and geometry end of course tests. Bridge to Tomorrow’s Paul Cottle had a role and posted his take here. The … 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-rt","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1147,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1147","url_meta":{"origin":1703,"position":0},"title":"End of course testing attempt II","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"December 16, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Bills have been filed in the state legislature that would push aside the FCAT (including the science FCAT) and replace those comprehensive tests with end of course exams. That's a step in the right direction. The problem with the science FCAT is shockingly simple: \u00e2\u20ac\u009dThere are a lot of kids\u2026","rel":"","context":"With 5 comments","block_context":{"text":"With 5 comments","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1147#comments"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":891,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=891","url_meta":{"origin":1703,"position":1},"title":"Insights into Florida science testing","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"February 5, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"David Campbell is a Florida Citizens for Science board member and was featured in a New York TImes article about the teaching of evolution. Here on this blog I've been posting about a movement to eliminate the 11th grade science FCAT and replace it with end-of-course tests. (see here, here\u2026","rel":"","context":"With 5 comments","block_context":{"text":"With 5 comments","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=891#comments"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":991,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=991","url_meta":{"origin":1703,"position":2},"title":"High School science concerns","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"April 7, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Paul Cottle, a professor of physics at Florida State University and a member of the committee that drafted Florida's new science standards, has been busy writing articles in defense of science education. Here is his latest one: Two bills put high-school physics at risk in Florida. However, the legislation that\u2026","rel":"","context":"With 2 comments","block_context":{"text":"With 2 comments","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=991#comments"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":887,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=887","url_meta":{"origin":1703,"position":3},"title":"Education Commissioner supports replacing 11th-grade science FCAT","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"February 3, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I wish the Orlando Sentinel's education blog would provide a little background concerning where they get their information. The blog reports that Education Commissioner Eric Smith likes the idea of scrapping the 11th-grade science FCAT in favor of end-of-course tests. But the blog doesn't say if this statement happened during\u2026","rel":"","context":"With 3 comments","block_context":{"text":"With 3 comments","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=887#comments"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1057,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1057","url_meta":{"origin":1703,"position":4},"title":"What the professors said","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"June 2, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Following up on yesterday's post about Florida science professors wanting end-of-course tests rather than the 11th grade FCAT, here is the white paper they wrote and here is the list of folks who signed it. Below is the text of their statement: --------------------------- Graduation Requirements and Assessment Policy for High\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1201,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1201","url_meta":{"origin":1703,"position":5},"title":"2010 Science FCAT and beyond","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"June 29, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"The annual Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test results are finally released. These are exams that students across the state in specific grade levels must take in core subjects. 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