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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, a lot of states have done away with these types of tests. Because we know it doesn't show what a kids actually knows, thinking skills and so forth. It tells you mostly how well kids can test, what they memorize and spit back out, and has a bunch of social and economic bias. Unless kids are prepared specifically with tools to over come those limits and bias on the test.
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This is a cop-out.

When our "non-brown" child was at ITDS, we did no preparations for the test, other than trying to ensure that DC got a good night sleep and some form of breakfast. And DC consistently got 5s in both categories. What we did do was read to DC daily in the early years and discuss complicated concepts and ideas, plus limit useless screen time.

The main reason we left in middle school is the stark delta between "white" and "brown" performance, together with the sense that the school emphasized building identify-group self-esteem over teaching hard skills and critical thinking.[/quote]

Yeah, cop-out. Okay. That is why some states have dropped testing and many colleges  stopped considering SAT scores.[/quote]

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