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WLRN-TV TO AIR FCAT SPECIAL
June 11, 2002
WLRN-TV presents "Education Update: FCAT Facts," a one-hour
special about the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test
(FCAT) on Wednesday, June 12, at 8 p.m.
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The program is designed to help parents understand FCAT
scores and how they can use results to help their children
improve academically. WTVJ Channel 6 Education Reporter Ed
O'Dell moderates a panel of experts including Merrett R.
Stierheim, Dr. Frank Till, and Michael Lannon, the
superintendents of the Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe county
school districts, respectively.
Discussion includes the stress placed on children by the
test, the stigma of poor test results, the impact of
poverty, whether teachers should be "teaching to the test,"
and how test results can affect property values.
Additionally, the importance of parental action in applying
for opportunity scholarships, or tuition vouchers, is
addressed.
The show re-airs on Friday, June 14, at 11 p.m., and Sunday,
June 16, at noon.