Thursday, April 09, 2015

9-Year-Old Girl Tells Her School Board Exactly What She Thinks of Florida’s Standardized Testing, and It’s Pretty Brutal | Video | TheBlaze.com

9-Year-Old Girl Tells Her School Board Exactly What She Thinks of Florida’s Standardized Testing, and It’s Pretty Brutal | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"Florida’s testing regime isn’t Common Core — Florida ditched the standards last year — though the Washington Post noted that Florida’s replacement testing standards are “remarkably similar” to Common Core.

Noting that the tests come wrapped in a weird veil of secrecy — students are asked to sign a form saying they won’t discuss the test with their parents, and grades are only delivered after the end of the school year — Sydney told the school board, “I have the right to talk to my parents about any and everything related to school and my education.”

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