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In article <C03o1z.CHG@eis.calstate.edu>, pmacfar@eis.calstate.edu (Paul MacFarlane) writes:
|> bh@anarres.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Brian Harvey) writes:
|> > Carol.Hooper@f64.n381.z1.fidonet.org (Carol Hooper) writes:
|> > >Hi, All.  I'm here to ask advice from experienced teachers concerning 
|> > >the state testing which we will be giving in May.  Our school system 
|> > 
|> > I say, teach the test.  It's the *only* honest solution to this dilemma.

I never even had to see province-wide tests. What are they like? I'm sure
they cover only a small part of the math learned in a class. The test material
can be taught, but the broad picture of mathematics should be taught too.
Test or no test, the math taught in public school is pitiful.

|> > What you do is, you tell the kids, "Look, kids, a bunch of idiot politicians
|> > who don't know mathematics from a hole in the ground and couldn't care less
|> > about you or your education have decided to impose these tests, and on the

Can you give some sample test questions? I'd like to know what's going on.
Don't teachers have a say? Or do they just let politicians boss them around?

Personally, I wouldn't like it if my teacher had to teach precisely the
material dictated by politicians. There appears to be a student-teacher
relation breakdown. The course of action is set even before the class
starts. I may as well take the tests as soon as possible and get out of
the class.

|> In general, I agree.  I've done extensive study upon my own guinea... I
|> mean, students....over several years, and I've found that in any testing
|> situation, the form of the questions affects the final scores just as much
|> as the questions themselves.  The younger the student, the more true this is.

Are they trick questions?

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Henry Choy
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  Rolls over your neighbor's dog?
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