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[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] Re: State's new skills test is too easy, study says
> Tweak? I wonder if this means throw out questions that too many kids get > right, because if they do, then the test doesn't fail enough kids and > therefore isn't "tough" enough. That is good ole boy test making strategy That's possible. It's also possible that they'll throw out questions that too many children get wrong so that the children from guess who's state look "smarter" than kids from other parts of the country. Remember, we're the state who gave everybody an education secretary who wrote a doctoral dissertation on the response time of football linemen. Thankfully we still have Molly Ivins, Angela Valenzuela, and Linda Mcneil. And Walt Haney used to live here. I have to remind myself of these things so I can hold my head up. It's not easy to brag about being a Texan these days... Hut-one! Hut-two! Hike! OOOORAAAAH! OOF! > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the ARN-L list, send command SIGNOFF ARN-L > to LISTSERV@LISTS.CUA.EDU. -- See you at The Soapbox! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the ARN-L list, send command SIGNOFF ARN-L to LISTSERV@LISTS.CUA.EDU.
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