Can you read this?

Over 50% flunk??

Are they going to lower the pass rate on this as well?

I weep for the future.

Half of Florida high school students flunk reading test

Reuters -

MIAMI (Reuters) - Nearly half of Florida high school students failed the reading portion of the state's new toughened standardized test, education officials said on Friday.

Results this year from the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test showed 52 percent of freshman students and 50 percent of sophomores scored at their grade levels.

Students in the 10th grade must pass the exam in order to eventually graduate but can retake it if they fail.

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