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[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] Re: Orlich on WASL writing
> By the way, the writing test is supposed to be designed to be > equal in difficulty each year, it scientifically guaranteed. Or at > least the math still is ... is it?? > > Anybody else's state test this difficult at grade 4? > North Carolina's writing tests are so difficult and the scores are so consistently bad that they are thinking of counting the scores only 80% as much as they count the reading and math scores when they figure out how schools are doing. Of course, the idea of *changing the test* doesn't seem to have occurred to anyone yet... Teresa Glenn -------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the ARN-L list, send command SIGNOFF ARN-L to LISTSERV@LISTS.CUA.EDU.
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