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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Have any teachers taken the test themselves, and, if so, did they find it difficult?[/quote]

This is actually a good suggestion. As a grad TA we had a professor who would test out his exams on us. The person(s) creating the test know what answers they have in mind but running a test group shows whether you were unclear in your explanation or presentation of the problem.

I've been really surprised at how bad the wording is on the math word problems that DC brings home in elementary school. There are often grammatical errors as well. I'm not a math person so I can figure out what the teacher meant to ask but for anyone who is precise you would end up with the wrong answer or confused. [/quote]

This has been happening to my ds this year.  he is doing very well in all his classes except for Math 7 (Math B) which he is taking in 5th grade.  His unit assessments have been high 'Bs' and when I ask about the problems he did incorrectly, it usually has something to do with him misinterpreting the question.  He has extremely high reading comprehension scores so I can't imagine he is having trouble understanding the question, unless the question isn't written clearly.  His teacher agrees that his comprehension of the concepts is not the problem and he is generally a solid test-taker.  Are things better with C2.0?  He will begin taking Math under the new curriculum two years from now, in 7th grade when he takes Algebra.  I would hate to have this dogging him all the way through high school since it is not apparent what the 'fix' is.[/quote]

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