A Tale of Two Schools

90.1/91.7 FM

Education News Story

Wednesday, January 26

Florida’s public schools get a yearly grade based on standardized student test scores – the FCAT or Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. WGCU’s Valerie Alker recently visited two elementary schools. Both serve students where the majority qualify for free lunch and learn English as a second language. But based on FCAT scores one is an “A” school and the other a “D” school. As part of our quarterly Your Voice series this week on education, she has more in this report.