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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2015/01/new_common_core_tests_-_coming.html

Today's presentation and the samples from the spring all point to students having to think about questions and readings more deeply. [b]Questions will often have multiple parts, each digging a level further.[/b]

Also, testing time is pushing 10 hours:

• They will be longer -- a[b]s many as nine hours per elementary school grade instead of five hours now[/b]. That increase sparked many complaints of schools facing a "test mania" and prompted a state review of testing time.[/quote]

I don't understand  your point. Is it bad to have multiple-part questions? Is it bad to have to think about questions and readings more deeply?

Also, there are a minimum of 1,080 hours in a school year, assuming 180 school days per year and 6 hours per school day. The tests will use a maximum of 9 hours, or 0.8%.

And in case you want to respond, "But what about the time spent preparing for the test?!" -- first please show that there is a relationship between the allotted time for the test and the amount of time spent on test preparation.[/quote]

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