Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
Florida's fourth graders -- whose test scores essentially matched ours in 1998 -- are now a full grade level ahead of ours
Statistics.
Last week RJ published a story about 4th grade scores on federal government standardized reading tests.
Yes, NV and FL were at opposite poles, but overall not too far apart.
Yes, FL's score (226) was higher than most, but ND matched it. VA was even *higher* (227), and a few states came close (OH, NY, PA, MO, etc). How many of *those* states follow FL's model?
I oppose federal involvement in K-12, however if the 2009, 4th grade test results show anything, it's that public education is *everywhere* a CATASTROPHE.
NPRI has a pro-alternative government school agenda. If NPRI had a dental health agenda they would have attributed FL's statistical rise in test scores to water fluoridation.
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