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Reply to "WaPo story on math finals"
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[quote=Anonymous]First, important to understand that kids taking APs and IB do not take the county-wide final. Second, although the results are of course disturbing, I find it refreshing that there is a county-wide final (ie, kids in all schools/classes throughout the county take a standard test) and that we are finding out the results. The alternative is, do away with the county final, let all schools/teachers provide whatever final they see fit, and then pretend the kids have learned what they needed to. The county-wide final appears to me to be an attempt to set a county-wide standard and the high percentage of failures indicate that the bar has not been set too low. (I doubt it's been set too high either). It at least shows us where the problems lie. Maybe it is too much acceleration. Maybe something else. But I for one am glad to see the problem identified and out in the open.[/quote]
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