The New SAT Score Policy: Tiny Loophole, Big Shock? By David A. Kaplan, Newsweek, December 6, 2008 Score Choice permits students to send only their best overall score from a given test date [but] . . . There's
one catch . . .
Local/State
Bright students still bored By Ron Matus, St. Pete Times
January 25, 2009 The complaint that our brightest kids are being overlooked isn't new. But it has gained momentum with the rise of accountability systems, like Florida's, which have forced schools to pay far more attention to struggling kids.In a widely publicized study last year, the Fordham Institute found that since the federal No Child Left Behind Act passed in 2002, the lowest-performing kids have gained a lot of ground. But the top 10 percent? Not so much. Lawmaker-Educator Wants FCAT Replacement By Carl Orth, The Suncoast News, September 6, 2008 PORT RICHEY - State Rep. John Legg, R-Port Richey, hopes to expand a pilot program of new tests to replace the controversial Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test...Another goal Legg is advocating is an increased focus by schools on academically talented and gifted students."We want to insure our educational system doesn't stop pushing our children once they reach the minimum level of competency," Legg remarked. "We want them to push them farther. The sky is the limit so we don't settle for mediocrity." A bill to aid gifted students passed the House in 2008 but didn't get through the Senate, Legg recalled.
National
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International
Toddling up to new levels of learning By John Hartevelt, The New Zealand Press, 09/10/08
Two-year-olds discussing insect proboscises and three-year-olds comparing notes on the surface tension of bubbles - it's just another day at the Gifted Education Centre. "It's very hands-on. It's certainly investigative, experimental and experiential, but it's operating at a slightly different level. The language that is used is, for example, the correct language of hydraulics, in small doses," Centre director Kathy Williams said.