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Way, way, WAY too much reading for a first grade math test.

Most kids are still JUST figuring out 1 plus 1. And many aren't reading remotely at that level comprehensively.  They require too much abstraction for concrete thinkers. It's like telling an infant to get up and start running. . [/quote]

They do read the tests out loud.

And in PG County where my kids go to school, K is where kids are learning 1+1.   By the end of 1st grade, kids have their basic addition facts to 20.[/quote]

Ha! All kids have their math facts up to 20? No. Some kids maybe, all kids, no.

Again 70 percent of kids are failing these mass-produced Common Core tests. And for children of color, disabled kids or ESL kids the rates climb to 95 percent.

They are totally developmentally inappropriate. [/quote]

Sorry, I am an ESOL teacher, and I can tell you with certainty that knowing basic addition/subtraction facts to 20 IS developmentally appropriate as a goal of end of 1st grade.   Even for ESOL kids.

I would expect fluency up to 10 by the end of grade 1, and they should definitely be able to handle 12+6 = 18

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This test is from October --  not the end of the school year. [/quote]

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