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Blog: FCAR
Speakout
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Support open, broad-based assessment of learning --
contribute to FCAR.
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The Florida Comprehensive Assessment
Test (FCAT) is a secret, high-stakes test that cannibalizes the curriculum,
penalizes poor test-takers, diverts scarce resources, traumatizes children,
shames and stigmatizes communities, usurps local control, and turns schools into
giant test prep centers.
The Florida Coalition for Assessment Reform, Inc. (FCAR) is a grassroots
not-for-profit organization that provides resources and assistance to parents,
teachers, students, and other citizens who support constructive assessment.
(Our
mission statement)
Our Goals
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To monitor the
uses and abuses of FCAT throughout the state
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To advocate for
Florida students and their families
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To promote public policies that
support constructive assessment of all Florida students
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To increase public
awareness of alternatives to high stakes testing
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To publicize the onerous burdens and
negative effects of the federal No Child Left Behind Act on education in Florida
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FCAR History
FCAR was formed in the summer of 2000 by a longtime Florida teacher
concerned about the negative effects of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment
Test on students, their families, and schools. Later that year FCAR was
incorporated with the Florida Department of State as a not-for-profit
corporation. (See "Happy
Birthday FCAR" for a detailed history.)
Contact Information
See "Contacts" for names and contact information of FCAR
leadership as well as FCAR Regional Contacts.
- Telephone
- 850-265-6438
- FAX
- 850-271-3136
- Postal address
- 310 Michigan Avenue
- Lynn Haven, FL 32444-1428
- Electronic mail
- General Information: fcar@fcarweb.org
Webmaster: webmaster@fcarweb.org
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