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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MCAP is problematic. It may be Maryland's state specific test, but it is still modeled on PARCC and created by Pearson.

The test is a 90-minute, multipart slog through complicated multi-step problems. Not easy, and not within most kids' attention spans.  These are not the standardized tests we took as kids where there were just dozens of normal math problems to solve. These questions have to be parsed to understand what math they're looking for.[/quote]

For the paper test:

Math test is 4days, 40minutes per day. 160 minutes total. (I did it in my head in 30minutes, but I've had a lot of practice.)

40 questions total, including 2-parters. Some questions are "circle ALL answers that are true". 8-13 questions per day. (Longer section has easier simple questions.) So, about 4 minutes per question.

5 ask for showing work. 
The rest are answer-only, mostly multiple-choice, so you could take shortcuts using the choices as hints.

Passing and High Passing scores allow for some (secret) number of mistakes, of course. 
 
About 2 questions per section are poorly worded but solvable.

Questions are the same type as Eureka/IM workbook.  Normal equation and word problems. They do require the modeling and manipulation and understanding the formulas from multiple angles, exactly as the yearlong workbook teaches.

The grading scale is secret, but it should be easy to predict a student's raw score based on homework and test scores. It's summative (full yesr of content), so students who crammed for each module, but didn't learn, would score poorly.

https://support.mdassessments.com/practice-tests/math/

https://support.mdassessments.com/resources/practice-tests/math/MD1126621_Gr10AlgI_PT.pdf
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