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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]

Yes, and so what exactly?   The test was not measuring mastery of facts up to 20.   It appeared to be asking students to demonstrate mastery of facts up to 10 -- pretty appropriate for 1st grade in October.   THat's what my 1st grade ESOL students are working on, as well.[/quote]

The test is too abstract for the kids. First they have to figure out what on earth is being asked, THEN they have to do the math.

And they are 5!

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