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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]

OK, so why do parents have to be able to have the county-wide exam at home to know that students should be able to solve a problem like 2X + 4 = 10 or 3X + 1 = 10 to do well on the exam? Why do the class materials not suffice? Do students not do problems like these in class? And if they don't, should there be problems like these on the test?[/quote]

I don't know, because I'm not allowed to see the county wide exam.  See?  As a parent, I can't know whether the other tests/class preparation is adequate to prepare a kid for the county test, because I'm not allowed to see the county test.  Then, the county test is taken, lots of kids don't do well, and then we can't see it then either.
The class materials might suffice, or they might not.  Depending on the class, the teacher, the kid, and the test.  [/quote]

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