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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]

I'm not the person who said I like these prompts but here is an example of asking kids to BS their way through.  This is from the practice 7th grade test that our school suggested we show our kids online at home (not verbatim): 
Question 1: Choose which of the following (ABC or D) is the meaning of the word "recurring" as it is used in paragraph x in the passage? (only one choice is correct and the others are not even close in meaning to the correct choice).
Question 2: Which of the following excerpts (ABC or D) from the text is evidence to support your choice for Question 1. (2 choices were similar, I couldn't tell which was the "right answer).
[b]Unfortunately, "Because I know what the word means" is not one of the choices.[/b]

You can google to see the practice tests.[/quote]

Nor should it be. Just like "just because it is" is not an adequate answer when you're supposed to explain how you arrived at the answer in math.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/la-gov-bobby-jindal-rails-against-common-core-state-standards/2015/02/05/456e2eda-acb0-11e4-9c91-e9d2f9fde644_story.html[/quote]

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