http://www.northescambia.com/2015/02/thomas-other-school-superintendents-push-for-new-florida-testing-rules Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Sat, 11 Apr 2026 17:01:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.northescambia.com/2015/02/thomas-other-school-superintendents-push-for-new-florida-testing-rules/comment-page-1#comment-291799 Thirty Years in Education Thu, 05 Feb 2015 23:15:24 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=205484#comment-291799 Mr. Thomas is right on the money. We are sucking the fun out of school. The pressure and stress is UNREAL. I wonder if the discipline problems would go away if the students had more opportunities to express themselves without being tested. Mr. Thomas is right on the money. We are sucking the fun out of school. The pressure and stress is UNREAL. I wonder if the discipline problems would go away if the students had more opportunities to express themselves without being tested.

]]> http://www.northescambia.com/2015/02/thomas-other-school-superintendents-push-for-new-florida-testing-rules/comment-page-1#comment-291728 The DOER Wed, 04 Feb 2015 21:45:40 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=205484#comment-291728 Thank you, Mr. Thomas. As a veteran educator in this county, I, for one, can verify that the testing has gotten out of control. Everything educators do is geared toward the test. We give the children practice tests, practice test assignments, practice writing tests. It is absolutely ridiculous. Then they have end-of-course exams, district exams, then federal and state exams. What has happened to allowing students to develop their creativity and actually ENJOY learning? Oh wait, that is not tested - is it? Thank you, Mr. Thomas. As a veteran educator in this county, I, for one, can verify that the testing has gotten out of control. Everything educators do is geared toward the test. We give the children practice tests, practice test assignments, practice writing tests. It is absolutely ridiculous. Then they have end-of-course exams, district exams, then federal and state exams. What has happened to allowing students to develop their creativity and actually ENJOY learning? Oh wait, that is not tested – is it?

]]> http://www.northescambia.com/2015/02/thomas-other-school-superintendents-push-for-new-florida-testing-rules/comment-page-1#comment-291726 Alicia Wed, 04 Feb 2015 20:55:14 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=205484#comment-291726 I agree that there is to much testing. I understand our system wanting our children to be smarter however, all of the testing has made it more stressful for our children. Who by the way, don't have much time to be children. They want children to be healthy & exercise but when do they find the time to do it? I agree that there is to much testing. I understand our system wanting our children to be smarter however, all of the testing has made it more stressful for our children. Who by the way, don’t have much time to be children. They want children to be healthy & exercise but when do they find the time to do it?

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