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+1. And if the students study the old tests so that they can do the new one with these changes, that is good enough for me. That is called learning. [/quote]

I call it cheating, unless MCPS makes all of the old tests available to everybody. And if MCPS does make all of the old tests available to everybody, I call it memorizing what's on the test.[/quote]

In what way is that cheating, how creative do you think algebra is? If you change around the functions and numbers, and the kids still know how to do them, isn't that your goal?

They should make the old tests available to everybody. After all, there is nothing really new in algebra, but there is also no danger in running out of problems to ask on an exam. [/quote]

+1
PP is silly.   If we want a kid to learn to solve for X in equations like:  2X + 4 = 10, then one year we could use that equation.  The next year, we could use 3x + 1 = 10
See how I did that?  I just rewrote one question on an algebra exam!  It took me 30 seconds!
So, if the exam had 20 questions, I could do it in about 10 minutes.  Let's be generous and give me an hour.  Whoo-boy.
And if the kid had access to last year's exam, then they would see that this year's exam would include questions like 2X + 4 = 10.  And that would not be cheating, because it's a different question.  And yet, it's instructive in the sense that it shows what kind of question we want them to be able to solve.
THIS. IS. JUST. NOT. THAT. HARD.[/quote]

So, then, why can't the kids just study the same materials that they've been using in class all along? Homework, class work and notes? Why the need for the actual test papers if the problems are just variations on a theme?
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