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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The common thread in Common Core is literacy.  Kids are assessed on their answers - not just the product but how they arrived at that answer.  They receive credit for their reasoning. So if their reason is correct but b/c of a computation error they have the wrong answer, they still receive partial credit.[/quote]

Actually, that is what always bothered me about the Math MSA (state Maryland test) in the past.   Kids could get significant credit even if their answers were wrong!

I can't find a link to the MSA example, but here is complaint about a similar thing happening a few years ago on the NYS math exams

http://gothamist.com/2010/06/06/wrong_answers_get_credit_on_state_m.php

What I actually LIKE about he new PARCC tests is that some questions will be two parters... and you need to get both parts correct in order to receive credit.

Of course, with a less lenient test, what is likely to happen AT FIRST is that more kids will fail the test.   Why shouldn't they?  For years they have had teachers who said that it didn't matter if they got the right answer as long as they could show they understood HOW to get the right answer.   Now they will actually be required to get the right answer!   It will be a tough adjustment but... that doesn't mean that Common Core is evil, or that the PARCC tests are horrible for requiring accuracy.[/quote]

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