An "A" for Consistency...
Once again, the we see the familiar rejection of the old axiom, "You can't polish a turd," as apparently you can. The Florida Department of Education posted their results from last year and pointed out that "Science performance remained consistent." That's great because consistent means the same level of achievement as in recent times. Must be pretty good, right? A quick look at the numbers shows that this science glass is half empty, not half full. "Consistent" performance isn't such a good thing if it is consistently awful. What does "consistent" mean? Let's look at the numbers from the standardized FCAT exam that all students need to take: The FCAT is a standardized exam students take in 5th and 8th grade . In a sense we can wipe our collective educational brow, as "consistent" means it isn't getting worse. At the same time it shows that half the students do not pass the