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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s bad enough they changed to digital midyear, now the practices don’t reflect the test?![/quote]

I think this guy has some good theories on why kids were surprised on Saturday.  I definitely didn't know that the test included experimental questions that don't even count.  I wonder how many kids know that.  I do think he had a point that kids get a false sense of security using hacks b/c they aren't learning how to solve all questions, just specific ones.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emM1Qt1YQzI[/quote]

The "experimental" questions is interesting: two questions about that:

1) do the blue book practice tests have fewer total questions?  By that, I mean if the actual test has more total questions (including a few questions that don't count) but the total amount of time is the same as the practice tests, the time pressure would feel worse with the actual test....

2) do the experimental questions come at the end?  If so, that's a bad way to test them (at least some kids would know this and not bother to answer)...but if if they are sprinkled throughout, it seems unfair because kids waste time on "untested" questions that don't count and may not get to all of the questions that have been validated and that do count.[/quote]

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