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Originally posted by Jim Cesiro
I went to school in NY and we took a test called the NY state Regents exam if you were in a regents level class.
We were not taught the test, we were taught the curriculam and passing the test was easy.
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That is a fair representation of the way things used to be, unfortunately it's not that way anymore.
one thing is everyone takes the same test IQ 80-180 they all take the same test
another thing the test(even math tests) are as much as test of reading as anything else, calculators are used, at least from JHS on. The curriculum is a mile wide and an inch deep so they nevwer truely master any feel for #s, which is the foundation for algebra etc.
The whole system is a train wreck being driven by the so called accoutability police(who are they accountanble to by the way??)