Education Standards II

It seems that Florida has joined the bandwagon. Florida is considering lowering the required test scores on the FCAT needed to graduate. Florida’s solution is three tiered. The first tier would allow students to enter community college as long as they have a 2.0 GPA and have completed all of the required courses, even though they did not pass the FCAT. The students would then be required to take remedial classes before they take college level classes. Assuming they complete the requirements for an Associates Degree, they will be allowed to go on to a 4 year university and earn a Bachelors Degree, even though they never earned a High School diploma. The second tier would allow students who have moved to the state from another state or country to graduate provided that they have a 2.0 GPA and have completed all of the required couses, as long as they meet the graduation standards of the location where they previously lived. The third tier, which was originally designed for speakers of other languages, but is now available to any student will give a High School diploma to any student that scores above a minimum score on the ACT or SAT, even though state education administrators state that there is no relationship between the scores on the FCAT and the ACT/SAT. The minimum score for the SAT would be 370 verbal and 350 math.