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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD described something similar to the OP's post to me yesterday.  She said the teacher would check each kid's answer and prompted them to change if necessary before letting them hit "continue and next".  I thought that was kind of weird.  She said this is how she knows she only has one wrong answer, but the classmate next to her has many as the teacher kept prompting him to change.[/quote]

The final page on the test just shows which questions kids have answered/skipped/marked for review.  The teacher was probably telling students to go back and finish ones they had "marked for review" or skipped, before submitting the exam.  While this is still not allowed, it's hardly telling the kids their answers are wrong.

I have a hard time believe the teacher sat with each child and read all 50 questions and student answers and prompted changes before having them submit.  Even if I wanted to, I don't think I would have had time to do that--it would have added 20 minutes for each kid, and I had 60 of them in the room I was proctoring.[/quote]

Exactly.  For most of the Grades 3-5 tests, there were 8-9 versions of the test in each room.  So it's not like teachers know all the answers to all of the questions.  It's just absurd.  I can't even begin to fathom that something like this could possibly have occurred.  Kids get confused and don't understand what they're seeing.

BTW, for the 3rd grade test, the script allows teachers to prompt the students to remind them if they have left questions unanswered.[/quote]

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