Students Protest Florida’s Comprehensive Assessment Test

MIAMI, FL – MAY 22: A protester holds a sign that reads “Florida Child Abuse Test” as he and others rally outside Governor Jeb Bush’s Miami office announcing a boycott of major Florida industries and demanding he grant amnesty to high-school seniors who will not get their diplomas because they have not passed the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) May 22, 2003 in Miami, Florida. The protest organizers denounce the FCAT as unfair to minority students. Nearly 13,000 Florida 12th-graders have not yet passed the FCAT, meaning they won’t graduate as scheduled. This is the first year that seniors have been required to pass the test before graduating. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)