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[quote=Anonymous][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, but the preparation for PARCC Algebra was terrible.

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.  [b]Many bright kids come out of PARCC saying they didn't understand what a question was asking[/b].[/quote]

This is true across the board for PARCC. Our teachers have said that several of the brightest kids often "overthink" the questions - - in other words they understand that there is more than one way to interpret the question the way it was written, or it incorrectly uses a term, etc.  I've seen it in practice questions that get sent home and DH and totally understand why the kids aren't sure what is being asked and why the correct answer seems wrong. [/quote]

This speaks to the poor test construction and trst scoring of PARCC.  Test question writing is. ad.  Questions are not beta tested enough prior to administration and questions may not be thrown out often enough when questions perform poorly. [/quote]

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