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[quote=Anonymous]What's so magical?  I'd wager DC CAS exams, if they are anything like any other type of CAS exams or similar standardized testing, are completely formulaic, with a given set of questions in a given set of areas and a finite but rotating item bank - all comprising stuff that kids should have been learning as par for the course in their normal coursework anyways, ala Common Core and other common frameworks.  And, that's what I've heard about the DC CAS, maybe someone can prove me wrong.  Similarly, since each state is allowed to set the bar for their own CAS exam, they have all typically set the bar very low.

It boggles my mind that people keep acting as though the DC CAS is a complete mystery, that nobody has any idea what it will cover, if will ask kids to translate a passage from Old Church Slavonic, mathematically derive a Riemann Zeta function, or explain in detail the quantum physics involved in plant photosynthesis.

Either that, or they keep acting as though what's covered on the CAS is somehow separate from and totally alien to what the normal curriculum covers - which it isn't, or shouldn't be.  Unbelievable that schools spend so much time on the prep.  A ROBUST CURRICULUM SHOULD BE ALL THE PREP NEEDED.  What's included on the CAS should be a small subset of what should be in the ordinary curriculum.[/quote]

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