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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a professional test prep tutor.  There is a difference between teaching kids Algebra throughout the year and re-teaching/reviewing with them in the few weeks leading up to the exam so they can do well.

My DS took Algebra this past year.  It was well-taught with good enrichment,[b] but the preparation for PARCC Algebra was terrible[/b].

I also think the PARCC Algebra exam is poorly constructed and so many skill sets are conflated in 1 question that it is not really a good measure of "proficiency".  Also, IMO, the reading level on PARCC is too high or the questionwriting sucks.  Many bright kids come out of PARCC saying they didn't understand what a question was asking.[/quote]
OP here.  Thanks. I think this more likely explains why this year's scores were lower than previous years. Perhaps this year's prep was really poorly done?

I can't understand why kids this year would tank a standardized tests since kids have been taking such tests for years, whether it's PARCC or MSA.

I do think PARCC is probably harder than MSAs.[/quote]

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