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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It isn’t testing the content being taught. This isn’t hard to understand. If I’m reading a text about the Great Depression, I probably wouldn’t do well on questions about the pre-Civil War era. Poor kids have little background knowledge and when the test asks questions about topics they haven’t been taught, it shouldn’t be a surprise that they don’t do well. [/quote]

Is thought MCAP is Math, Science, English, not Social Studies [/quote]

The reading passages can be on any random topic including history, science, etc. [/quote]

The reading passage and subsequent questions anre about comprehension of the passage correct?  It’s not requiring you to have comprehensive knowledge of every event in history.  Now you may need to be able to use critical thinking skills and draw some connections like the devastating effects of war exist regardless of location, parties, or year.  But again that would be testing critical thinking and comprehension.[/quote]

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